
(VEN) - The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) says that given annual power consumption growth of over 10 percent, the company will have to invest great efforts to avoid power shortages from 2020 on.

German businesses are ready to cooperate with and support Vietnam in developing wind power as the country boasts huge potential for renewable energy, including wind energy.

A series of international textile & garment industry exhibitions are underway at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City from November 21 to 24, offering an ideal chance for Vietnamese manufacturers to access global supply chains with quality, modern and time-saving products and services.

Cho rằng doanh nghiệp có nguy cơ “bị ép đến bờ vực phá sản”, đầu tháng 10/2018, lãnh đạo Công ty CP Thép Dana Ý đã có đơn cầu cứu gửi Thủ tướng Chính phủ. Đáp lại kiến nghị của doanh nghiệp, Văn phòng Chính phủ đã có văn bản chuyển đơn của doanh nghiệp đến UBND TP. Đà Nẵng và yêu cầu giải quyết vụ việc, thông báo kết quả giải quyết.

Thua Thien-Hue has pushed investors to consider six solar power projects, a sector for which the central province is offering special investment incentives with a view to boosting green growth.

(VEN) - Given Vietnam’s deepening international integration and expanded markets, mobilizing resources to develop design and support businesses to improve competitiveness is essential. Vu Ba Phu, director of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade talked about the Vietnamese design industry in an interview with Vietnam Economic News’ Hoa Quynh.

The Thoi Lai waste-to-energy plant in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is expected to be put into official operation in late November.

(VEN) - The Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) has made greater efforts to light up rural southern areas, investing several trillion Vietnamese dong in rural power systems in 21 provinces and cities in the south. As a result, people’s living conditions have improved.

(VEN) - A three-year pilot project of eco-industrial parks in Vietnam has resulted in savings of more than VND70 billion for 72 companies that reduced the amount of waste discharged into the environment. The results are expected to provide motivation for localities and businesses across the country to shift production to the eco-industrial park model.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked that electricity prices, which affect many sectors, be adjusted at an appropriate time next year in order to keep inflation in 2019 below 4 %.

(VEN) - The German Industry and Commerce Vietnam (GIC/AHK Vietnam) recently organized a conference on “Wind Energy in Vietnam” in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VEN) - Thanks to satisfactory business results achieved by the corporation and its subsidiaries, consolidated revenue of the PetroVietnam Transportation Corporation (PVTrans) reached an estimated VND5.7 trillion in the first nine months of this year and is expected to reach VND7 trillion by year’s end.

The Power Generation Corporation 1 (GENCO 1) under the State-owned Vietnam Electricity produced over 26.65 billion kWh over the last 10 months, representing 77.5 percent of this year’s target and a year-on-year rise of 12.3 percent.

The central province of Ninh Thuan is speeding up the construction of wind and solar power plants in order to generate commercial electricity as scheduled.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has surpassed its key financial targets for this year, thanks to the rise in petrol prices in October.

(VEN) - Hanoi has launched programs to help fine art and handicraft enterprises improve their products by overcoming the poor design that has hampered their development in the capital and elsewhere in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s Getting Electricity indicator was ranked 27th among 190 countries and economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business report in 2018, up 37 places from last year.

(VEN) - Policy adjustments over the past year have made renewable energy development more attractive to investors. As a result, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other projects of renewable energy are on an upward trajectory.

Nhân kỷ niệm 50 năm ngày Bác Hồ gặp mặt Đoàn đại biểu công nhân, cán bộ ngành Than tại Phủ Chủ tịch (15/11/1968 – 15/11/2018); kỷ niệm 82 năm Ngày truyền thống công nhân Vùng Mỏ - Truyền thống ngành Than, ngày 8/11, tại Quảng trường Ba Đình, hơn 100 đại biểu là cán bộ, đảng viên và công nhân tiêu biểu của Tập đoàn Công nghiệp Than - Khoáng sản Việt Nam (TKV) đã long trọng tổ chức lễ báo công dâng Bác

It is time to make amendments to the current Law on Petroleum to legally facilitate the development of Vietnam’s oil and gas industry and implement the strategy for sustainable development of the maritime economy until 2030 and with a vision towards 2045.

The competitive electricity wholesale market will be fully operational starting in 2019 following a successful year-long pilot period.

Trong khi đại diện của VCCI đặt câu hỏi “giải quyết dứt điểm” vụ việc 2 nhà máy thép vào thời gian cụ thể nào thì Sở Tài nguyên & Môi trường (TN&MT) Đà Nẵng cho biết, đang chờ ý kiến chỉ đạo, và lãnh đạo UBND TP. Đà Nẵng thì cho rằng, không thể kéo dài mãi được, nhưng giải quyết cực kỳ khó khăn.

ASEAN countries will step up cooperation and share resources to ensure energy security through expanding power grid connectivity and developing renewable energies.

As thermal power accounts for the largest proportion of Vietnam’s energy production, the country is facing challenges to ensure sufficient supply of coal for thermal power plants in the coming years.

Vietnam’s index of industrial production (IIP) was estimated to have risen by 10.4% in the first ten months of 2018, much higher than the 9.6% growth level of the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Experts have suggested Vietnam build a balanced energy structure by developing renewable energy, given the increased energy demand in the country.

(VEN) - The 12th edition of “Metalex Vietnam” was conducted in 3 days (October 11 – 13) at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), attracting 18,848 enthusiastic manufacturing industrialists and the presence of leading pioneer brands, providing encouraging impetus to the manufacturing industry.

The Electricity of Vietnam Group’s Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC) will invest nearly 8 trillion VND (US$344 million) to provide power for rural areas in 12 cities and provinces, as well as island communes in Kien Giang and the Mekong Delta region, by 2020.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aiming to support the ASEAN’s goal of raising the share of renewable energy to 23 percent of all energy sources by 2025.

(VEN) - Vietnam was aiming to achieve 40-percent local content for fewer-than-nine-seat cars by 2005 and 60 percent by 2010. However, the local content of new autos has reached only between seven and 10 percent on average.