On the sidelines of the second international exhibition for Renewable and Decentralised Energy Solutions (ENEREXPRO 2012), the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Department of Science and Technology Phan Cong Hop talked to Vietnam Economic News’ Lan Phuong about solutions to develop renewable energy projects.

Ngày 21/3, Triển lãm quốc tế lần thứ hai về các giải pháp năng lượng tái tạo và phân tán năm 2012 (Enerexpo Vietnam 2012) đã khai mạc tại Trung tâm Triển lãm Quốc tế Hà Nội, 91 Trần Hưng Đạo, Hà Nội.

Vietnam Steel Association in collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organized an International Conference on "Efficient use of resources and energy - roadmap for sustainable development technology for the steel industry in Vietnam" on March 5 and 6, in Hanoi.

Triển lãm quốc tế về các giải pháp năng lượng tái tạo và phân tán – ENEREXPO VIETNAM 2012. sẽ diễn ra tại Hà Nội từ ngày 21 đến 23 tháng 3 năm 2012.

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.

In Hanoi’s key areas, including Ngoc Son Temple, The Huc bridge, Hanoi Opera House and Trang Tien Plaza, there all lights will go down to show local people’s earth-loving spirit.

Vietnam saved about 1.31 billion kWh in 2011 accounting for 1.42 percent of the amount of commercial power and exceeding what was planned for the year, said Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

Vietnam places top priority on using nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and ensuring its safety and security, says Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien.

Scientists and managers from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) gathered at a training programme on building green growth capacity for Vietnam, in Hanoi on December 12.

The Japanese House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations adopted an agreement on cooperating, developing and using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes between Japan and Vietnam on December 2.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of US$309.89 million for a new 750 megawatt (MW) power plant in southern Vietnam, the bank announced in its press release on November 24.

“We are compiling a set of assessment standards for high buildings and urban areas,” said Nguyen Van Tat, vice chairman of the architects association, to the Daily at the seminar on green solutions for project development on Thursday.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation on Saturday officially brought its Nhon Trach Power Plant No. 2 into operation in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Nguyen Thanh Tan, Chief Representative of SN Power Holding Singapore Ltd in Hanoi, a subsidiary of Norwegian Power Group managed by the Norwegian government, said on Dau tu that the company wants to buy big amounts of stakes of state owned and private run hydropower plants in Vietnam.

According to Yanko Yanev, head of IAEA’s Nuclear Knowledge Management program, in order to have qualified human resources, it is necessary for Vietnam to introduce preferential policies for talented people.

Accordingly, the two sides will go ahead with My Ly and Nam Mo hydroelectric power projects in Ky Son district, Nghe An province, and draw up plans for further cooperation and investment in hydropower between Vietnam and Laos.

The first competition for solar-energy fueled toy vehicles in Vietnam opened at the HCM City Hi-Tech Park by the HCM City Department of Science and Technology on October 24.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) started construction of the VND33 trillion Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 22.

Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) on Tuesday signed a credit agreement worth US$1 billion with Export-Import Bank of the U.S. to fund a major wind power development plan in the Mekong Delta in 2011-2015, said Nguyen Viet Cuong, general director of VDB’s Transaction Office 2.