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Vietnam is seeing a surge in electricity demand as summer heat intensifies while water shortage constrains power production.

(VEN) - Industrial parks (IPs) in Vietnam play an important role in attracting foreign investment, promoting export growth, increasing gross domestic product (GDP) and employment development. However, Vietnam needs specific policies to develop IPs into ecological industrial parks (EIPs) to reach sustainable development.

Cat Hiep solar power plant has become the first of its kind in the central province of Binh Dinh to join the national grid on May 20.

The German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW) and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GIC) recently held a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss Germany’s new inventions in machine tool manufacturing. 

(VEN) - The power sector has promoted the application of science and technology in management and operation, contributing to improving its service quality and ensuring the country’s socioeconomic development.

(VEN) - Benefiting from industry promotion programs’ financial assistance, rural industrial enterprises in the northern province of Ninh Binh have procured advanced technology to improve productivity and product quality.

Construction of the LIG-Quang Tri Solar Power Plant (LIG-QTSPP) in the central province of Quang Tri is near completion, with the plant expected to be put into operation in June.

(VEN) - The Thanh Hoa Power Company (Thanh Hoa PC) is promoting energy efficiency education and technical and administrative management to improve power supply sustainability, especially in enterprises.  

(VEN) - The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is trying to test and license 98 solar power projects by a June 30 deadline, a goal that is placing heavy pressure on the capacity of the state-owned power company.

After being introduced as a more environmentally friendly option in late 2017, E5 biofuel consumption has fallen.

(VEN) - The Industry Promotion Center of the southeastern province of Tay Ninh has helped rural industrial establishments automate production and protect the environment by applying advanced equipment and technology.

Sweden will help Vietnam in areas of its strength like energy saving, focusing on renewable energy development, Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Ann Linde has said. 

Vietnam’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) in April rose to a four-month high of 52.5 from 51.9 in March, signalling a solid monthly improvement in the health of the manufacturing sector, according to a Nikkei/IHS Markit survey.

Do ảnh hưởng từ những nút thắt pháp lý, thủ tục hành chính của thị trường bất động sản, đặc biệt là phía Nam nên hiện nay nhiều công trình xây dựng lớn đã không thể triển khai, kéo theo sản phẩm thép xây dựng tiêu thụ sụt giảm đáng kể.  

French bank Société Générale has been chosen to be the financial adviser for the initial phase of the Ke Ga offshore wind power project – the world’s biggest project of its kind at present.

(VEN) - The northeastern province of Quang Ninh aims to provide highly competitive support industry products, meeting about 30 percent of necessary demand for production by 2020, and 50 percent by 2025.

Subsidiaries of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) churned out a total 14.86 million tonnes of crude coal in the first four months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 11 percent, the group said on May 3. 

Government inspectors will investigate the latest power price increase by 8.36 percent to 1,864 VND (8.03 US cents) per kWh from March 20 following concerns among the public.

The Sai Gon Power Company has signed net-metering contracts with households in districts 1 and 3 that have rooftop solar power panels.

(VEN) - The results of industrial production and trade in the first quarter of 2019, though below expectations, were satisfactory compared with other countries in the region and worldwide.