Many private enterprises said they want to invest in building renewable energy infrastructure, but Việt Nam still lacks mechanisms to encourage private enterprises to participate in this activity.
(VEN) - Lam Dong is one of five Central Highlands provinces selected by the Ministry of Industry and Trade for a key three-year project to improve the productivity and quality of coffee processing by rural industrial establishments.
(VEN) - Electricity consumption in Vietnam recorded an all-time high of 38,800MW in June, according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), breaking the level of 38,147MW recorded in June 2019. EVN, the state-owned national power distribution company, plans to utilize multiple electricity sources to ensure sufficient power amid constantly rising demand and adverse climate change effects.
(VEN) - The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has adopted promotion plans for typical rural industrial products at regional and national levels.
(VEN) - Vietnam’s automakers import some 80 percent of their parts, raising car prices above those in neighboring countries. To lower locally manufactured car prices, Vietnam must reduce its reliance on imported parts and components.
The Gulf Energy Development PLC of Thailand has announced the purchase of two wind power farms worth about 200 million USD in Vietnam, in order to take advantage of low interest rates as it seeks projects with a quick return on investment.
Japan’s Sharp Corp said on June 30 that it plans to put into operation a solar power plant in Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam, in early July.
(VEN) - The Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC) has effectively dealt with the natural disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic that struck Vietnam this year, maintaining production and business activities and ensuring uninterrupted power supply.
(VEN)- The development of Vietnam’s trade villages is hampered by small production scale, low competitiveness, labor shortages and management overlap.
(VEN) - With active support for the development and quality improvement of trade village products, many goods made in the central province of Quang Nam have reached consumers nationwide.
Vietnam’s wood industry is preparing to reap the benefits of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which is expected to provide major opportunities once it comes into effect this summer.
Phát triển công nghiệp cơ khí, chế tạo máy nông nghiệp là yêu cầu tất yếu trong quá trình phát triển ngành nông nghiệp. Tuy nhiên, hiện nay ngành công nghiệp cơ khí trong nước vẫn chưa đáp ứng được yêu cầu. Để ngành công nghiệp cơ khí phát triển, các chuyên gia cho rằng cần giải quyết được hai vấn đề về công nghiệp phụ trợ và công nghiệp vật liệu.
(VEN)- The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected the garment and textile industry because of its heavy dependence on imported raw and auxiliary materials, requiring speedy restructuring of the textile supply chain.
Scorching heat over the past few days has pushed Vietnam’s electricity consumption to its highest ever level with total loads at 38,300 MW on June 23, according to Vietnam Electricity (EVN).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Electricity of Vietnam to review recent hikes in household electricity bill, stressing that mistakes that affect people’s rights must be avoided and violations, if any, must be strictly handled.
A launching ceremony for a database of Vietnamese manufacturing and supporting industries was held in Hanoi on June 19.
(VEN)- The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) are discussing how to encourage enterprises to take a proactive approach in the production chain. Vietnam Economic News’ Viet Nga interviewed Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Secretary General of Lefaso, about this issue.
(VEN)- Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is facing negative export growth for the first time in many years and is unlikely to achieve its US$42-billion export target in 2020.
(VEN)- Tra Vinh’s rural industry has changed markedly over the past six years due to significant improvement of production capacity and product quality facilitated by the province’s industry promotion program.
(VEN)- Based on seed capital of more than VND27.85 billion invested seven years ago, Binh Dinh Province has mobilized nearly VND106.11 billion of reciprocal capital for industry promotion from program beneficiaries.
(VEN) - Power demand in the capital Hanoi is surging with temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius exacerbated by the greenhouse effect and concrete high rises. EVN Hanoi has provided adequate electricity supply to ensure production and business activity and to ease residents’ discomfort.
(VEN) - Nearly 30 million Vietnamese people affected by the Covid-19 epidemic have received a 10 percent discount on their utility bills.
(VEN) - Luong Hoang Thai, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, talked with the media about the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and its role in the post pandemic economic recovery.
The Hoa Binh hydropower plant expansion project, the largest power project in 2020, is scheduled to kick start in October this year.
Tin Khu Vực 
