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(VEN) - A new program launched last month in Hanoi is designed to help Vietnamese firms become suppliers of multinational corporations and expand operations of existing suppliers. This is the latest development in a concerted effort by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to strengthen the country’s support industries.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the implementation of the national program on electrical energy efficiency has achieved the target of 3.4 pct and 5.65 pct of total energy consumption conservation during the 2006-2015 period and 2011-2015 period, equivalent to about 4.5 million tonnes and 11.261 million tonnes of oil (TOE), respectively.

Siemens has won the contract to supply systems to its customer Trung Nam Group in Vietnam and put the country’s largest solar farm into operation. The farm is the first solar project for Siemens in South-East Asia, and has a capacity of 204 megawatts peak (MWp). The project will deliver up to 425 Gigawatt hours (GWh) per year. This is enough to supply approximately 200,000 households with electricity and saves around 250,000 tons of CO2.

(VEN) - Recent heat waves have set a record of summer power consumption that peaked at nearly 711 million kWh on June 22, according to the National Load Dispatch Center.

Vietnamese construction firm Xuan Cau and Thailand conglomerate B.Grimm have teamed up to build Southeast Asia’s largest solar power plant in Tay Ninh Province.

Nửa đầu năm 2018, ngành thép Việt Nam đạt mức tăng trưởng khả quan do nhu cầu từ thị trường trong nước cao. Tuy nhiên, để có được mức tăng trưởng chung cả năm như dự báo (tăng 20% so với năm 2017), doanh nghiệp thép phải vượt không ít khó khăn. 

(VEN) - The Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) is implementing a power project for shrimp farming households in order to contribute to reducing power consumption, saving production costs and increasing profits. The project seeks to address the rapid expansion of shrimp farming areas in the southern coastal provinces and resulting increase of power consumption.

Theo Bộ Công Thương, trong 6 tháng đầu năm 2018, ngành công nghiệp khai khoáng dù gặp nhiều khó khăn song hầu hết các đơn vị đã nỗ lực hoàn thành chỉ tiêu kế hoạch sản xuất đề ra và dự kiến cả năm 2018, chỉ số sản xuất công nghiệp (IIP) của ngành bằng khoảng 92,1-93,6% so với cùng kỳ năm 2017, giá trị gia tăng (VA) bằng khoảng 92% so với năm 2017.

With hydropower and fossil fuel potential nearing exhaustion, the development of wind and solar energy is becoming a necessity.

Tập đoàn ESMO (tiền thân là tập đoàn NEXEN TECH – Hàn Quốc) vừa khởi công xây dựng nhà máy sản xuất dây cáp điện ô tô ESMO VINA đầu tiên tại Việt Nam với tổng diện tích 63.500m2 và tổng vốn đầu tư lên tới 700 tỷ đồng. Nhà máy đặt tại Cụm công nghiệp Gia Phú (Ninh Bình), được kỳ vọng sẽ tạo ra gần 2.000 việc làm cho người dân địa phương.

Vietnam is far away from realizing its short and medium term wind power goals, with no ready solution in sight to several impediments, experts say.

(VEN) - According to the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA), despite a 60 percent increase in paper output in the first four months of this year compared with the same period in 2017, material scarcity remains a serious problem for the paper industry.

(VEN) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently decided to include the 500kV power transmission system in the list of projects crucial for national security by economic development.

(VEN) - The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) organized a “Taiwan Smart Machinery”conference and business matching event for companies in Vietnam and companies and institutes in Taiwan. The event was held within the occasion of the 16th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition MTA Vietnam 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City.

A protracted heat wave that has been sweeping northern Vietnam since the start of the month sent power consumption in the region to a new height on July 2, the national power utility EVN has reported.

Vietnam has exported more than 15 million tonnes of cement in the first six months of 2018, a sharp increase of 50 pct over the corresponding period last year.

Vietnam’s Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical will offload a further 49 percent stake and not limit the sale to only strategic investors as previously planned, in order to attract more buyers, its chief executive said.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of the south central province of Binh Dinh Ho Quoc Dung on June 12 approved a proposal of a solar power project worth 1.44 trillion VND (US$63.36 million) in Tra O lagoon in My Chau commune, Phu My district.

(VEN) - The Dong Nai Province Department of Industry and Trade has submitted for approval a project to conserve and develop the ancient Buu Long stone processing craft. The southeastern province is implementing many similar projects to restore and develop local traditional handicrafts.

The southwestern province of Tay Ninh has granted investment licenses to five solar power projects worth over 14.3 trillion VND (US$629.9 million) in Duong Minh Chau and Tan Chau districts.