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The government has recently ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to "quickly" appraise the Long Son Petrochemical (LSP) complex project.

(VEN) - Vietnam should treat recyclable paper as an important source of raw material for the paper manufacturing industry, rather than as waste. This was one of the solutions put forth at a recent Hanoi seminar on ways to promote sustainable development of the Vietnamese paper industry. 

The Vietnam-Russia joint venture Vietsovpetro reported that its oil and gas production in the first quarter of 2019 surpassed its target for the period.

The People’s Committee in the south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has approved the building of the 35-MWp Nhon Hai Solar Farm.

The “ASEAN Wind Energy 2019” conference in Ho Chi Minh City succeeded in opening up new investment windows for ASEAN in general and Vietnam in particular.

Hanoi Electricity Corporation (EVN Hanoi) will spend about 1.5 trillion VND (64.8 million USD) to bury electrical wires and telecommunication cables underground along city streets this year.

(VEN) - The southern province of Binh Duong has focused in recent years on developing its industry promotion workforce, resulting in improved quality of industry promotion projects and growing welcome by rural industrial producers.

The Vietnamese Government is committed to assisting energy companies in developing the market and providing energy-saving and environmentally-friendly solutions in the region and in the world, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

(VEN) - In the two years since the prime minister issued a decision on promoting the development of renewable energy in Vietnam by encouraging solar power projects, the installation of rooftop electricity-generating solar panels has constantly developed in the south.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) plans to focus its investigations on businesses that use high volumes of energy as part of its mission to save energy.

The Electricity Vietnam’s Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) has announced that it plans to invest over 7.3 trillion VND (317 million USD) in a power grid in the central and Central Highland provinces this year. 

An oil/chemical tanker with a capacity of 6,500 tonnes was delivered to a company of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 25. 

The southern province of Binh Duong recorded 7.16 percent year-on-year growth on the industrial production index in the first quarter of 2019, said Nguyen Van Danh, Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

(VEN) - The solar plant BP Solar 1 was hooked up to the national grid on January 20, opening up a new chapter for the energy industry in the southern coastal province of Ninh Thuan.

(VEN) - The Industry and Trade Department of Nghe An Province has taken various measures to enhance the effectiveness of its industry promotion activities.

The rate of power losses will be lowered to under 6% by 2030.

(VEN) - Leaders of the Communist Party and the State are seeking ways to resolve problems currently facing the Thai Binh 2 Thermal Power Plant project to put it into operation as soon as possible. This is an urgent task to prevent wasteful investment and ensure national energy security as well as social security in the region where the project is based.

Although people and businesses don’t want the price of electricity and other commodities to increase, it is necessary to raise these prices to balance the economy in a multidimensional way.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to construct and lease infrastructure systems in the second phase at Thanh Liem industrial park in the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam.

Theo Cục Công nghiệp (Bộ Công Thương), Hiệp định Đối tác toàn diện và Tiến bộ xuyên Thái Bình Dương (CPTPP) sẽ đem lại nhiều cơ hội phát triển, tăng trưởng xuất khẩu (XK) nhưng cũng đặt ra không ít thách thức, áp lực cho ngành công nghiệp chế biến, chế tạo, nhất là mặt hàng gỗ, dệt may, da giày…

(VEN) - The growing presence of foreign fashion brands in Vietnam, including Zara, H&M, Mango, and Pull & Bear, among others, is worrying Vietnamese textile and garment businesses. Le Tien Truong, General Director of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) advises Vietnamese businesses not to try to compete directly with their foreign counterparts but to find market segments in which they can make a difference on the domestic market. 

(VEN) - The growing presence of foreign fashion brands in Vietnam, including Zara, H&M, Mango, and Pull & Bear, among others, is worrying Vietnamese textile and garment businesses. Le Tien Truong, General Director of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) advises Vietnamese businesses not to try to compete directly with their foreign counterparts but to find market segments in which they can make a difference on the domestic market. 

Localities across the country joined around 7,000 cities worldwide to turn off their lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 30 in response to the Earth Hour campaign 2019.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) hopes to add 15 million tonnes oil to reserves in both 2019 and 2020, heard the company’s conference to implement exploitation plans held in Vung Tau city in mid-March.