The capital city of Hanoi will switch off public and advertising lighting systems in some public areas and streets from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on March 25 as part of its response to the global Earth Hour campaign.
The central province of Phu Yen began construction on the second stage of the first solar-powered public lighting system for Tuy Hoa city’s walking street, which will make it the first urban area in central Vietnam lit by renewable energy.
The Trinh Cong Son pedestrians’ space in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district will offer free wireless internet (wifi) services in the coming time like other tourist destinations of the city, said the district’s official.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh will focus its resources on carrying out nine component projects under a blueprint to turn Ha Long city into a smart urban area by 2020.
The Flag Tower (Ky dai Hue) in the Hue Imperial city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue is being illuminated by a lighting system under a project funded by the tour service provider Vietravel.
The Bach Khoa Investment and Development of Solar Power Corporation (SolarBK Group) is the only Vietnamese business participating in the Future of Energy Summit in Shanghai, China on November 28-29.
The capital city of Hanoi is willing to host networking events as well as investment and technology transfer promotion activities for Vietnamese and Finnish businesses.
An additional 9km of rural roads in the northern province of Bac Giang have been lit up thanks to a project launched by Japanese-invested Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd.
The Netherlands’ Philips Lighting will work with Becamex IDC)to implement a cooperation agreement on sustainable lighting and turn Binh Duong city into a smart city.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently called on municipal agencies to increase the installation of LED (light-emitting diode) lighting products in public lighting system in the locality.
Few alternatives to replace broken parts of LED (light-emitting diode) lighting products is making it difficult to install the products in Vietnam's urban areas.
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