A variety of Japanese businesses participated in a seminar on October 26 to discuss new financial mechanisms for applying energy saving technology to buildings and hotels.

The Trung Son Hydropower Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN), yesterday signed a deal worth close to VND3 trillion (US$150 million) with a joint venture company to build and equip the Trung Son Hydropower Plant.

Tập đoàn Hitachi của Nhật Bản vừa ký thỏa thuận trị giá lên tới 700 triệu bảng (khoảng 1,12 tỷ USD) mua lại Công ty điện hạt nhân Horizon của Đức để giành quyền xây dựng hai nhà máy điện hạt nhân ở hạt Anglesey và Gloucestershire của Anh.

The Ho Chi Minh Energy Conservation Center in collaboration with the Red Sun Energy JSC and the An Giang Industry Promotion and Development Consultancy Center recently donated solar powered lamps to some poor households living at My Thanh Village, My Hoa Hung Commune, Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province.

The Energy Conservation Center Hanoi (ECC Hanoi) under the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade launched a workshop on October 23 in Hanoi to present energy management models for commercial buildings in the city.

A conference entitled “Green Housing in Vietnam: between Tradition and Modernity” opened at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on October 16.

The light spectrum of the artificial lights being used in Vietnam does not fully match the photosynthesis spectrum of plants. LED lamps would be a good solution.

Bac Ninh Power Company, with its leading role, has coordinated with local offices, businesses and related units to carry out various energy saving measures such as propaganda, encouraging, pledging, etc to make energy saving a habit of local people.

To raise the awareness and apply advanced technology to harness renewable energy sources and use them in large scale, Hanoi city has issued renewable energy development program period 2012 - 2015.

Currently, many offices and businesses are using energy wastefully, causing double loss to themselves and to the national economy.

TP Hồ Chí Minh đang nghiên cứu và ứng dụng loại hình xe buýt chạy bằng điện (trolleybus) với mục tiêu đến năm 2014 hình thành ít nhất một tuyến.

Một báo cáo được đưa ra bởi các nhà vận động môi trường cho biết, cuộc cách mạng xanh giúp Liên minh châu Âu (EU) trở thành một khu vực gần như không có khí thải các-bon sẽ tạo ra 3 nghìn tỷ euro (tương đương 3,9 nghìn tỷ USD) nhờ tiết kiệm năng lượng.

More than 100 trainees participating in this training course are leaders and technical staffs of nearly 50 businesses in which 30 businesses are key energy consumption units entire the city.

In order to raise awareness of efficient energy use, on October 22nd, Dong Nai Department of Industry and Trade organized a training course on Law on Energy Efficiency and Conservation and guidance on the implementation of the relevant documents for staffs of state management agencies and industrial enterprises entire the province.

A Green Economy conference on September 16 promoted the need to develop renewable energy sources in Vietnam, with participants from business and academia sharing experience and technological applications.

On October 17, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced two new five year programmes to help Vietnam address the impacts of climate change.

Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, one of Saudi Arabia’s top spokesmen, has confirmed that Saudi Arabia has plans to generate 100% of its power from renewable sources, and low carbon forms of energy.

Tại buổi làm việc mới đây với lãnh đạo tỉnh Quảng Ngãi, đoàn công tác của Tập đoàn SembCorp Utilites Pte Ltd. (Singapore) khẳng định sẽ bỏ ra 2 tỉ USD xây dựng Nhà máy nhiệt điện Dung Quất ở xã Bình Đông, huyện Bình Sơn với hai tổ máy có tổng công suất 1.200 MW.

Environmental experts have called on Viet Nam to make further efforts in providing economic incentives and better policies to promote "greener" buildings in the face of resource depletion and rapid urbanization.

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.