A campaign for energy efficiency has been started in Ho Chi Minh City with the target of saving 10% of energy expenses for each household. The duration for the program is from June 1st to the end of November.

To support the program in achieving the best results, the Energy Efficiency Centre in Ho Chi Minh city has implemented a series of training on energy efficiency and distributed related documents to women’s unions at all levels in order to help households, particularly women to use electronic devices at home most economically and efficiently. The Centre will also strengthen its supervision on the execution of the program in districts.

 It is estimated that household electrical consumption in Vietnam accounts for 40% of power consumption of the entire city; and the sum of electricity bills that households in the City have to pay is VND5,200 billion annually. Thus if each household cut down 10% of its electricity consumption, the amount of power saved will be great.

To this moment, there have been over 102,600 households registered for the program in Ho Chi Minh City.

By Nguyen An