Energy

Two Vietnamese firms have been hit by the dam collapse in Laos, and 26 citizens are among thousands trapped in flooded Attapeu Province.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has decided to provide 200,000 USD as relief aid for the Lao government to recover from a hydropower dam collapse, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Inspector General of Laos Bunthoong Chitmany in Hanoi on Thursday.More detail ...

Vietnam is highly watchful for a hydropower dam collapse on July 23 in southern Laos, said Hoang Van Thang, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.Keep reading ...

Shortly after receiving information about the collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in Laos, the High Command of Military Region 5 of Vietnam asked its South Laos Friendship Co. Ltd. to send 10 medical workers and hundreds of personnel to join rescue and ...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has recommended the government to transfer investment rights for the Long Phu III thermal power plant from PetroVietnam to China Southern Power Grid Company Limited. []Meanwhile, many Chinese firms have become EPC contractor for Vietnamese energy projects. Keep reading ...

New preferential policies have encouraged both local and international firms to invest in renewable energy, according to authorities. Despite the Government’s determination to develop wind and solar power as well as biomass electricity, many renewable energy projects have lagged behind schedule due to inefficient planning ...

All of Hoa Binh, Son La, Lai Chau and Hoi Quang-Ban Chat hydroelectric plants are operating stably, safely and are ready for the flood season this year, according to experts.Keep reading ...

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT), the implementation of the national programme on electrical energy efficiency has achieved the target of 3.4% and 5.65% of total energy consumption conservation during the 2006-2015 period and 2011-2015 period, equivalent to about 4.5 million tonnes ...

With the rise in urbanization from 2004 to 2015, waste generated in Vietnam increased from 15.6 million tons to 27.8 million tons annually, an increase of 78.2 percent. Majority of the waste collected ends up in landfills, which contaminates the ground and surface water, increase ...

Thailand’s B.Grimm Power has signed a cooperation agreement with Vietnam’s Xuan Cau to develop the largest solar PV project in Southeast Asia, standing at 420MW capacity in Tay Ninh, southwest Vietnam. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in June next year.Keep reading ...