According to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, 100 enterprises from 11 different countries participated in the International exhibition on technologies of green energy and energy saving products – Enertech Expo 201

In the first 6 months this year, in order to encourage the community to take part in energy saving programs, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation printed more than 1.8 million flyers, 21,000 energy conservation stickers promoting energy savings to households and over 2,500 posters and banners.

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.

Retailer becomes the first supermarket to deploy GE’s new LED lighting system, promising energy savings of 59 per cent.

Electronics and refrigeration enterprises fear that from January 1, 2013, their refrigerators and air conditioners would not be launched into the market because of the delay in energy saving labeling.

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 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.

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.

Issues relating to waste and sewerage management, energy saving and renewable sources of energy in Vietnam were high on the agenda at the Poland-Vietnam Environmental Protection Forum that opened in Hanoi on October 8.

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.

After the campaign for electricity and energy saving programs in 2012 recently launched in Hanoi, about 100,000 typical households have adopted energy and money saving measures.

The Hanoi Hotel, located near to the city's Giang Vo Lake, has won accolades for it's energy saving construction.

Implementing plan number 32 of provincial People’s Committee, Thua Thien – Hue has recently set up an inter-industrial supervision team to examine and correct breaches of regulations on electricity supply, pricing and saving.

BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Members of the European Parliament backed a set of energy saving proposals on Tuesday, clearing the way for a possible deal by the end of June on a law that could boost jobs, household incomes and cut fuel import bills.

To continue implementing activities to reduce greenhouse gas immediately after the expiry of Kyoto Protocol in 2012, Japan begins to deploy a pilot project about Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM). Due to BOCM, Japanese enterprises will lend some countries' enterprises (including Vietnam) to implement energy-saving activities, especially the application of advanced technologies, energy saving with low content of carbon.

Bridge – The preferences together with the drastic measures to be applied by state management agencies would help encourage the tendency of green design, energy saving and environment protection for nowadays, when more and more high rise buildings arise.

A solution to which the power sector attaches special attention to overcome power shortages is to promote energy saving programs. In particular, power saving solutions in industrial factories, which are considered to have the largest saving potential, are of great importance.

According to the Provincial Center of Industrial Promotion, the Energy saving program in 2011 is subsidized by the central budget (under the National Program on Energy Efficiency and Conservation with the total budget of VND 250 million) and VND 120 million by the local budget.

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.