Last year, the Anantara Resort & Spa in Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province won first prize at the Energy-Efficient Architecture Contest initiated by the Ministry of Construction and the second tropical building prize at the "Building Energy Efficiency East South Asia in 2012" contest.

A forum was held in Hanoi on May 9 to discuss measures to enhance investment and sustainable development in energy.

An international exhibition showcasing energy efficient and environmentally-friendly equipment will be held in Vietnam from May 29 to 31.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to establish the National Council for Atomic Energy Development and Application, which will be led by the Minister of Science and Technology.

Buildings can be air-conditioned using entirely natural means, without mechanical ventilation systems.

Tense engineers have their eyes peeled on complex colour-coded diagrams on a wall-sized screen that makes their control room look like the inside of a spaceship.

Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014.

Solar power holds the promise of clean, limitless energy, but it currently suffers from high costs and an inherent disadvantage of not working when the sun isn't shining.

There are already a wide variety of renewable energy systems that harness the power of the wind, along with some that generate power via the flow of ocean currents.

A few years ago I lay in a hammock in a mud and wattle hut in a Makuxi village, shining my torch on the walls to look for spiders, listening to the BBC World Service on my radio (I learnt that Labour leader John Smith had died).

Saudi Arabia is planning to move aggressively into renewable energy, with plans to install more solar and wind power in the next 20 years than the rest of the world has installed to date.

For 70 years, the gray hulk of the Wilhelmsburg flak bunker has stood in Hamburg, Germany, as an unofficial memorial to the terrible days of World War II.

The Saudi Arabia Solar Industries Association (SASIA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has released its comments on the nation's plans to procure solar generation as outlined in the recent King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) white paper.

On April 5, Deputy Director of Department of Trade and Industry Nguyen Van Huu chaired a meeting with related organizations about supporting local business in energy audits and energy efficiency implementation in 2013.

On April 17th, Thai Binh Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with Energy Efficiency Office (Ministry of Industry and Trade) held the “Energy Efficiency Deployment Conference” in order to propagate the Law of Energy Efficiency and Conservation and related legal documents.

To kick off th energy saving propagation, Soc Trang Power Company co-operated with Soc Trang Women’s Union propagates the energy consumption and saving efficiency to 22 groups under Provincial Women’s Union in 22 towns and villages.

Unlike previous technologies, LEDs have a much greater impact on the lighting industry. It brings several advantages including lively lighting effects, high efficacy and energy savings.

Thua Thien-Hue is one of the country's provinces with large and intensive shrimp farming areas.

The Energy General Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade was assigned to the Energy Conservation and Cleaner Production Project sponsored by the Global Environment Fund (GFF) through World Bank.

Colusa-Miliket Foodstuffs Joint Stock Company has become the first business in Ho Chi Minh City to get a certificate for meeting ISO 50001 standards in energy management.