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(VEN) - Industry promotion has helped increase the productivity of many agricultural, fine art and handicraft and food production facilities while contributing to cleaner production in the southwestern province of Dong Thap.

Electricity supply from Vietnam has facilitated economic development in Laos and improved living standards of villagers in border districts, said Vilaphorn, assistant to Director of the Electricity Corporation of Laos (Electricite Du Laos - EDL) on August 7.

The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will prioritise investors with technical and financial capacity to implement wind power projects in the province, according to local officials.

Vietnam’s steel exports rose 40.4% year on year to 3.41 million tonnes in the first seven months of the year, raking in US$2.53 billion, up 56.3%.

The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) and the Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) held a ceremony on August 21 to open the Vietnam Renewable Energy Week 2018.

Nghi Son oil refinery is seeking approval to export oil products as high inventories and pre-existing import contracts have limited domestic fuel demand.

(VEN) - In addition to ensuring safe, continuous and stable power transmission for the country’s socioeconomic development, the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) has been promoting investment in modern equipment to enhance system capacity.

The Vietnam Renewable Energy Week 2018 will take place from August 21-26 in Hanoi, aiming to seek solutions to promote the development and use of renewable energy in the country. 

Tình hình sản xuất và tiêu thụ than trong những năm gần đây gặp nhiều biến động, có lúc nhu cầu giảm như giai đoạn 2012-2017 khiến tồn kho lớn; có lúc lại tăng cao như hiện nay. Phóng viên Báo Công Thương đã có cuộc trao đổi với ông Nguyễn Văn Biên – Phó Tổng biên tập Tạp chí Công nghiệp Mỏ (Hội Khoa học và Công nghệ mỏ Việt Nam), người có nhiều kinh nghiệm trong nghiên cứu thị trường than - xung quanh vấn đề điều hành sản xuất và tiêu thụ than theo hướng nào để đạt hiệu quả.

(VEN) - The Vietnam plastics industry has seen high growth of 14-15 percent per year. In 2017, total export value of the Vietnamese plastics industry reached over US$3 billion, an increase of 17.6 percent compared to the previous year, with the main markets being Japan, the US, the Republic of Korea, China and Southeast Asian countries. Currently, a series of big names of the Vietnamese plastics industry are facing mergers and acquisitions (M&A), forcing them to seek the most appropriate way to develop.

Hiệp hội Thép Việt Nam (VSA) mới đưa ra kiến nghị TP. Đà Nẵng sớm ban hành quyết định chính thức về việc dừng hoạt động và di dời 2 nhà máy thép DANA - Ý và DANA - Úc tại xã Hòa Liên, huyện Hòa Vang.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has said that the group is completing procedures to withdraw its capital from five joint stock companies.

A series of trade agreements on exploiting the Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet gas field was inked between the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and its partners in Hanoi on July 31.

The Hanoi municipal Department of Industry and Trade launched a handicraft design competition, with the theme “Handicraft products associated with the development of craft villages and tourism in Hanoi", in Hanoi, on August 15.

Vietnam shipped 200,000 tonnes of petroleum in July, raising the total volume of exported petrol in the first seven months of 2018 to 1.8 million tonnes, bringing in US$1.14 billion.

The Thi Vai LNG terminal, Vietnam’s first regasification facility, could begin operations in late 2020.

Vietnam could face the risk of power shortages in the early years of the 2020-2030 period, an industry official warned at the annual Vietnam Energy Forum held on August 9.

The government has rejected a proposal by two ministries to extend pricing incentives for solar power projects in Ninh Thuan Province.

(VEN) - The Thua Thien Hue Industry Promotion and Development Consultancy Center is accelerating the implementation of various programs and projects in order to fulfill the province’s industry promotion plan for 2018.

Further stepping up the application of energy efficient technologies while mastering new energy sources, such as wind and solar power, are key solutions to the energy issue in Vietnam, an official has said.