On September 18, 2015, Department of Industry and Trade of Quang Binh Province held a workshop on cleaner production and energy saving.

On September 11th, at the headquarters of Electricity of Ho Chi Minh City, Conference on Exchanging and Collecting Electric Foreign-Invested Enterprises Ideas was held by Electricity of Ho Chi Minh City (EVN HCMC) and Ho Chi Minh Industrial and Export Processing Zones Administration (HEPZA) to clear customers' queries and disseminate policies on energy savings.

The young people in HCMC having ideas and solutions on issues of environmental protection, energy saving, climate change can participate in the Contest on Youth Innovative Ideas 2015 organized by the Ho Chi Minh city Center for Youth Science & Technology Development.

The selected Enterprises for Demonstration Project will be audited on energy/ technical consultation for energy saving solution The activity is free of charge, and supported with a maximum VND 2 billion, but not exceeding 50% of total investment value of the Project.

In the period 2011-2015, Can Tho Energy Conservation Center (Can Tho ECC) spent over VND4 billion from the state budget for the activities to save energy. However, to achieve a better result for energy efficiency, more support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade is needed.

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is seeking to nearly double the budget for energy-saving measures to be adopted in places such as factories and homes as the country eyes improvements in energy efficiency.

According to Hanoi Energy Conservation Center (Hanoi ECC), a unit as Savico Megamall Trade Center, thanks to the overall application of economical solutions, can save approximately 524,000 kWh in 2014, equivalent up to VND 1.36 billion.

The testing equipment System for energy saving features (energy efficiency) of air conditioning is funded by JICA and installed in the new experiment headquarters of QUATEST 3 at Cat Lai Industrial Zone, Ho Chi Minh City.

This information was released in the press conference with the participation of the Ministry of Construction, Vietnam Water Supply Association, the South East Asian Water Utilities Network, and Science and Technology Union of Renewable Energy.

The solution with commitment to save energy was launched in March, then the city became the first locality in the country where commitment to implement energy-saving targets is signed.

The international exhibition on energy saving and renewable energy is an opportunity for enterprises to introduce their wind, solar, geothermal, biomass energy technologies; to advertise and make links with businesses through seminars.

The public lighting system helps reduce 100% of the power consumption, bringing about high economic efficiency and securing urban lighting.

The European Commission has hired a consortium of external experts to identify energy saving effects caused by improved resource efficiency. The project recently started and is expected to be completed by May 2016.

At the workshop, large energy consumers and experts in the field of power saving shared experience and new technology solutions to reduce the energy consumption rate, energy audits and improvement of the production system, and power consuming devices.

After nearly 5 years of enactment of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy and the Projects within the framework of the National Programs on Energy Savings and Efficiency, various positive results have been obtained.

Beginning next year, the textile industry in Taiwan will have to mandatorily take energy conservation measures, as per a directive of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), according to local media reports.

On July 23, 2015, the Provincial Labor Federation and the Electricity Company of Quang Nam in collaboration with the Dien Ban town People's Committee held a celebration over a general review of the movement "Energy Saving Agencies and Enterprises" in Quang Nam province, and the Contest "Electricity Savings in Public Offices in 2015" in Dien Ban district of the province.

The Clean Energy Program of USAID Vietnam has coordinated with the Hai Phong Department of Construction to organize a training course "Promoting the construction and operation of buildings in energy saving and efficiency (Standard QC: 09/2013 ), High-performance and green Buildings in Vietnam."

The Trade Fair aims at introduction and promotion of energy-saving products, high-tech electrical appliances, energy-saving solutions and use of green energy sources, new and renewable energy based products.

Energy Recovery, a US-based company specialising in pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, has announced a US$3.96mn order to install its PX Pressure Exchanger devices in the Quriyat independent water project (IWP).