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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the northern province of Hai Duong to turn itself into an industrial centre of the northern region and the country at large in the next decade.

The European Commission (EC) and the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on February 27 publicised a component on the EU’s technical assistance to Vietnam’s energy sector. 

(VEN) - Ho Chi Minh City has been focusing on the development of support industries by providing production space, promoting links with businesses, and coordinating with localities on joint development of this important sector.

The south-central coastal province of Phu Yen is implementing an electricty grid project worth nearly 237 billion VND (US$10.4 million) sourced from Japanese non-refundable official development assistance (ODA).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Lao Minister of Energy and Mine Khammany Inthirath in Hanoi on April 4 before he left for the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Cambodia.

Triển lãm quốc tế lần thứ 4 về “Công nghiệp khai thác và phục hồi tài nguyên khoáng sản - MiningVietnam2018” diễn ra tại Cung Văn hóa Hữu Nghị - Hà Nội từ ngày 18-20/4/2018 sẽ góp phần giúp ngành khai thác khoáng sản Việt Nam giải quyết thách thức về công nghệ hiện nay.

The construction of a solar power plant with a capacity of 50 MW kicked off in Phuoc Dinh commune of Thuan Nam district, the south central province of Ninh Thuan, on March 31.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong and Sandra Oudkirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Energy Resources of the US co-chaired the first Vietnam-US Energy Security Dialogue in Hanoi on March 30.

The Power Generation Corporation 2 (EVNGENCO2) is taking necessary steps to conduct the first public offering (IPO) in June, according to newly-appointed Director General Truong Hoang Vu.

(VEN) - The World Bank and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade jointly launched the Vietnam Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises (VEEIE) project on March 5 to support energy-efficient technologies and practices.

(VEN) - The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade recently held a ceremony to honor craft villages, artisans and outstanding rural industrial products, aiming to promote these specialized and unique villages and traditional craft development.

After RON92 petrol was replaced by E5 bio-fuel for about three months, several enterprises said that the consumption of E5 was lower than that of RON92 and petitioned the authorities to resume the use of RON92. However, experts and businesses have asserted that the use RON92 petrol should not be resumed.

Vietnam’s PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp., or PVEP, has signed an agreement to sell a 5 percent working interest in an oil block offshore Vietnam to U.S.-based Murphy Oil Corp., the Vietnamese company said.

The construction of a 170.8 billion VND (US$7.5 million) factory manufacturing mechanical products, machinery and spare parts started at Phu Vinh industrial park inside Vung Ang economic zone in Ky Anh town, the central province of Ha Tinh on March 23.

PVEP, a subsidiary of the national oil and gas group PVN, has signed an agreement to transfer 5% of its drilling and executive rights, at Block 15-1/05 off the coast of Vietnam, to the Murphy Oil Corporation.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is considering funding the Block B&52/97 project of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) using loans without a government guarantee. 

(VEN) - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently signed Decision 219/QD-TTg approving a five-year (2016-2020) plan for production, business and investment development of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

(VEN) - Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) recently supplied 85 tons of Al-Zn-In alloy sacrificial anodes to Vietsovpetro Joint Venture for implementation of the development project of Ca Tam field in Block 9-3/12, Cuu Long basin, offshore Vietnam’s continental shelf.

Localities across Vietnam switched off their lights for one hour on the evening of March 24 in response to the global Earth Hour campaign.

(VEN) - Binh Duong Province has recently received foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into support industries, a result of sound development directions and an open investment environment. This is a positive signal for investment in this sector as a whole.