Pursuant to the Directive No.23/CT-TTg issued on August 31, 2015 of the Prime Minister, the fuel trading enterprises in 8 cities and provinces are urged to have at least 50% of their filling stations selling E5 by the end of November, 2015.

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.

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.

To meet the demand for electricity supply, serving production, business and daily needs of the people, while it is necessary to ensure continuous power supplies, Ba Ria - Vung Tau provided guidelines to agencies, units and enterprises to enhance the power saving for the last 6 months of 2015 in the province.

According to Ho Chi Minh city Department of Science and Technology, only 1% of enterprises have modern technology in their production line. And 51% of them have average production technology. The rest have backward production technology.

The objectives of the training courses were to guide the enterprises through the identification and assessment of the current use of machinery in the production line, to avoid energy waste.

The Deputy Prime Minister demanded that ministries, concerned agencies, localities and enterprises continue promoting the achievements and efforts, to be more aggressive in implementation of the roadmap, to ensure the set targets hit, and to prepare the necessary conditions for nationwide expansion.

One of the world's largest soft-drink bottlers, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), has set ambitious new targets for waste and emissions today, claiming that climate change is one of the most significant risks to its business.

A Viet Nam Business Forum (VBF)'s report revealed that FDI companies have not been worrying about increasing power prices as much as about unstable supply. The Government can increase the electricity tariff of enterprises that consume more power while ensuring adequate supply.

On June 5, in Hanoi the seminar on the theme "Energy policy and economical use of energy in small and medium-sized enterprises" was held by the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM).

Outdated and old technology is identified as the main reason for energy waste in industrial production in the country today. This issue was discovered and pointed out by the energy experts long time ago, but so far the counter measures still remain a hard nut to crack .

Alexandria Renew Enterprises has begun operating a system to help clean wastewater that is expected to save up to 25 percent on energy and chemicals compared to conventional wastewater cleaning processes.

Faced with climate change causing serious consequences, energy saving has become more urgent than ever. In Da Lat city (Lam Dong province), energy saving has become a mass movement, not only popular in the manufacturing enterprises and households but also spreading to all the public offices.

According to forecasts, this year, the hot and sunny weather will last longer, with significant impacts on the environment, especially water resources. Therefore, power savings is no longer only the task of electricity industry but also of common public concerns.

Quang Ngai Provincial Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated with the Quang Ngai Power Company to review the power-saving operations in 2014 and the activities to be deployed in 2015. Officials from local offices, units and enterprises came to attend the review meeting.

During April 4-21, 2015 the Department of Industry and Trade in collaboration with EVN Hanoi examines the use of energy in 92 key enterprises in 12 districts of Hanoi to assess the level of energy consumption and the observance of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy.

Small and medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam account for 40% of total energy consumption in the industrial sector. The potentiality for energy efficiency is large, but local policies to promote savings for the sectors of brick, ceramics and food processing are not really showing the effects.

Andijan city hosted a seminar “Increasing efficiency of energy resources use at the industrial enterprises” for representatives of mass media. The seminar was organized by the World Bank Country Office in Uzbekistan and Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan.

Can Tho city is the gateway of the Mekong River down stream. With the advantage of agriculture and aquaculture, Can Tho remains a centre of businesses in the food processing sector.

Experts of LCEE Project Mission worked with the Provincial Department of Industry & Trade, Can Tho Energy Conservation Center and the representatives of locally based banks in the area to reach the potential enterprises in food processing industry.