According to statistics from the General Department of Energy (MOIT), currently, the power consumption for lighting accounts for 35% of total power consumption of the country. Meanwhile, this indicator in other countries only accounts for about 15-17%.

Earth Hour encourages households and businesses to turn off the lights and other unimportant electrical appliances for an hour from 20h30 to 21h30 (local time) on the last Saturday of March annually.

In an effort to call for capital resources for the electricity network development in rural, mountainous and island areas in the 2013-2020 period, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has raised a significant amount of capital from international organizations.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has projected that the country’s total power demand in the peak dry month of April would increase nearly 12 percent over the same period last year, exceeding 11 billion kWh.

Bộ Công Thương(MOIT), Tập đoàn quản lý năng lượng KEMCO (Hàn quốc) và Trung tâm năng lượng Châu Á (ACE) phổi hợp tổ chức Hội thảo xây dựng năng lực ASEAN+3 NAMA.

"Viet Nam has huge potentials for green and renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and hydropower to replace traditional ones," said Nguyen Duc Cuong, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT)'s Energy Institute's Renewable Energy and Clean Development Mechanisms Centre.

Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Energy Saving Office consultant Nguyen Kinh Luan said that the application of energy management systems would help enterprises reduce energy costs, protect the environment and secure national energy security when addressing a workshop on the ISO 50001 Energy Management System.

With support from the National Program on Energy Efficiency and Conservation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Viettronics Thuduc Limited Company (VTD), member unit of Vietnam Electronics and Informatics Corporation (VEIC), has developed and put into trial operation the first high-tech LED producing facility in Vietnam in Saigon hi-tech park.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed the MOIT to soon complete and submit to the Government the mechanism issuing regulations to support, facilitate and encourage wind power projects in Vietnam.

On December 15th, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) held a ceremony reviewing the energy efficiency program in the 2006-2010 period and the implementation of Directive No. 19/2005/CT-TTg on energy conservation in production and consumption . After 5 years of nationwide deployment, with the coordination between the MOIT and the People's Committees of provinces and cities under the Central Government, the program has obtained encouraging achievements.

After three days of prompt installation, at the end of October 18th 2010, 80% of the project installing grid connected solar panels on the rooftop of MOIT’s building has been completed as scheduled.

As part of the National program on energy efficiency and conservation, Energy Efficiency Office has collaborated with the German Energy Agency, ALTUS AG Company of German and Hanoi University of Science and Technology’s Center of New Energy to start the project "Installation of grid-connected solar system at the headquarters of MOIT to save energy and protect the environment".

In the morning of 14 September 2010, at the head office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Office of Energy Efficiency, in collaboration with Vietnam Standards and Quality Institute, organized the workshop “Introduction of Energy Efficiency Labeling for electric fans”.

On 9th September 2010, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) held the Conference on science and technology activities in 2006-2010 period. Deputy Minister Do Huu Hao attended and chaired the meeting.