Hoa Binh province has promulgated the Decision No.1789/QD-UBND with approval of the program on Economical and Efficient use of Energy Phase 2016 - 2020.

Promotion of training and communication on economical and efficient use of energy in households is the city's great efforts during the recent years, to encourage people to use energy with conservation and efficiency in production and daily life, to save energy cost and reduce the impact of environmental pollution.

On October 09, 2015, in Viglacera Corperation JSC, the signing ceremony of credit contract with Vietnam Development Bank – Transaction Office 1 and EP Contract of supply of technological equipment with the Contractor Von Ardenne GmbH (Federal Republic of Germany) to implement the project “Investment in production line of energy-saving glass with output of 2.3 million m2/year”.

The Friends School of Portland in Maine is the first Passive House school building in the state, and only the third in the country.

Water and waste water treatment typically account for 35 percent of a municipality’s energy budget, which would mean big savings for local governments that can make the facilities energy neutral.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced up to $30 million in funding for a new program focused on improving the energy efficiency of commercial and residential buildings.

In order to transform awareness into concrete actions on economical and efficient use of energy, plans of economical and efficient use of energy in 2015-2020 have been enforced in Thai Nguyen.

Taking the theme "Architecture, Building, Climate - Responsibility and Solutions", the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA) International Union of Architects expects that the 2015 World Architecture Day (October 05) will raise awareness of World architects in the design of the environmentally friendly "green" house, thereby reducing greenhous

In the afternoon of October 02, 2015, a Ceremony of Acceptance and Handover of equipment of Green Hospital Project among Vietnam – Germany Friendship Hospital, Mitsubishi Group and Ho Chi Minh City Energy Conservation Center was organized in Hanoi.

On October 02, 2015, in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Central Communist Youth Union held a launching ceremony for a competition of “Adolescents propose solutions and innovative ideas about energy saving in 2015”.

On October 01, 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam Energy Association held the first tenure of Entire country representatives Conference (term 2015-2020) to establish the Medium and Small Hydropower Association - Green Energy.

In order to implement efficiently the National Target Programme for economical and efficient use of energy in 2015, Industrial and Trade Promotion Center of Ha Giang Province implemented the project “Construction of pilot solar-powered illumination model at Square 26-03, Ha Giang City”.

In order to boost the investment in wind power in countries of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Multilateral Trade Policy Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in collaboration with APEC Secretariat held the “APEC Workshop on public-private partnership for wind energy development” on September 24-25, 2015.

Responding to the "National Target Program on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy", for two days September 28 and 29, 2015, Electricity of Yen Lac in collaboration with Yen Lac district Office of Education and Training and two primary schools of Kim Ngoc (Binh Dinh commune) and Pham Cong Binh (Dong Van commune) organized the extracurricular operation "Primary Schools join hands to save electricity" in 2015.

Vietnam has huge potential of renewable energy sources, widely distributed across the country, with nearly 3,400km of coastline to provide potential wind energy resources, estimated at 500 -1000 kWh/m2 per year.

Newly installed heating and hot water systems are now required to display an energy efficiency label rating under new EU legislation.

Vietnam Journalists' Association and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have officially announced 32 works winning the nationwide journalism award "Communicating to raise awareness of Economical and Efficient Use of Energy 2014".

On September 25, 2015, the General Directorate (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in collaboration with Hai Phong Industry and Trade Department held a conference on training in “Implementation of inspection under the Law on Economical and Efficient Energy for Industry and Trade Departments in the Northern provinces”.

On September 22, 2015, Long An Power Company in collaboration with Long An Department of Industry and Trade held a workshop on economical and efficient use of energy in industrial production.

Aquion Energy, một công ty trực thuộc đại học Carnegie Mellon đã tung ra thị trường mẫu pin dự trữ năng lượng mới dùng trong việc điều hành các mạng lưới điện quy mô nhỏ, hay còn được gọi là "mạng lưới vi mô”, mạng lưới có khả năng hoạt động độc lập với mạng lưới điện quốc gia.