During November 25-27, 2015, the leading international exhibition on water sector, water purification technology and waste water treatment in Vietnam (Vietwater 2015) was held by Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA), Ministry of Construction and Southeast Asian Water Utilities Network (SEAWUN) in the Vietnam Exhibition Center (Giang Vo Exhibition Center), Hanoi.

For two days, November 30, and December 1, 2015 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the European Union Delegation in Vietnam, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Energy Research Centre of Asia held a workshop on the legal foundation to be laid for energy statistics in Vietnam. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong attended the workshop.

November 27, 2015. In Vietnam German Center, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, a Workshop "Presentation on the results of research, design and manufacture of prototype of biomass gasifier stove and its deployment with high capacity using compressed biomass fuel pellets" was held by the Center for Innovative Consulting and Sustainable Development Research (CCS).

After the success of the Conferences in the Mid-land and the South, in the afternoon of November 18, 2015, the Conference on 5-year implementation of National target program for Energy efficiency and conservation (phase 2011-2015) in the North was held in Hanoi.

On November 17, 2015 in Hanoi, Ministry of Industry and Trade and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) signed the project document "Promotion on the utilization and operation of Industrial Energy-Efficient Boilers in Vietnam".

On November 5, 2015, in Hanoi, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in cooperation with the Embassy of Iceland held a seminar on "The future of clean energy."

On November 6, 2015, at Electricity Hotel, General Department of Energy - Ministry of Industry and Trade organized "Training conference in cost estimation, settlement of full payment and financial compliance audit as specified by the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy".

Expansion of renewable energy sources is one of the important dimensions for promoting the development of the electricity sector to help the electricity sector meet the demand of 7-10% annual growth until 2030.

Right now, the vast majority of the wind power generated on the planet comes from land-based turbines.

In the implementation of the Law on economical and efficient use of energy, Directive No.171/CT-TTg dated November 26, 2011 by the Prime Minister, Directive No.06/2011/CT-UBND and Green Energy Programme of Ho Chi Minh City in 2015 in the phase of 2011-2015, Ho Chi Minh City continues to perform its leading role in the implementation of guidelines on power saving.

On October 29, 2015, Hanoi inaugurated the Research Center of technology transfer and technology accreditation in Hoa Lac hi-tech zone with the complete production line of solar cells, the biggest facility of the country.

Garment enterprises apply cleaner production programs, saving more energy thereby contributing to the increased productivity and product quality.

The Conference on 5-year implementation of National Target Program for Energy Efficiency and Conservation (phase 2011-2015) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 30, 2015.

On October 10, 2015 in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Construction Do Duc Duy presided over the workshop to comment the draft decree on management of construction materials.

"Food processing industry - strategy sector study and subproject pipeline development for improving energy efficiency with integrated ozone and climate benefits" with budget of up to USD200 million.

During October 20-23, 2015, at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre, Hanoi, the International Fair took place for show of Vietnamese industries (VIIF'2015), organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with other related ministries and agencies.

Implementing the National Scheme for Energy savings, on October 22, 2015, An Tao Primary School in Hung Yen City in collaboration with the Provincial Youth Union and Hung Yen Electricity Company deployed the Program "Primary schools joining hands for energy saving 2015 ".

In the morning of October 18, 2015, in the Meeting Hall of People’s Committee of Ky Long Ward, School Cluster 2 (Department of Education and Training of Ky Anh Town), a festival of competition for “Join hand for Education about Economical and Efficient Use of Energy” for Secondary schools in the school-year 2015-2016 was held.

Three months ago, Tien Giang province continuously embarked on programmes of “Hamlets and Streets of Power-saving Culture 2015” in several areas such as Go Cong, My Phong or Cai Lay and set a target of saving power at 10% compared to the previous year.

On October 16th, under the host of the head of People's Committee, Mr. Huynh Thanh Dien, a meeting about energy efficiency programme in Nghe An, 2016-2020 was held.

On October 16th, a Seminar between Vietnam and Japan on drainage and sewage treatment system - Developing workforce and tendency to access cutting-edge technology in drainage and sewage treatment system - was held by Department of Technical Infrastructure, Ministry of Construction of Vietnam in Hanoi.

Bac Giang Power Company (PC) prepared a plan to ensure the power supply, serving the major events of the province; implementing the measures to respond to abnormal breakdowns and/or situations which might arise during the year.

On October 13, 2015, Party Committee of Binh Thuan Province opened the 13th Party Committee's General Meeting, term of 2015-2020.

With a total planned budget of around VND 6 billion, the project of development and dissemination of high-performance energy saving equipment for gradual removal of low-performance equipment will be the target of the Hanoi Energy Conservation Center (Hanoi ECC) to be implemented in 2015.

The effort in propaganda about power saving of Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation (EVN HCMC) brought fully satisfactory results: in the first nine months of 2015, Ho Chi Minh City saved 338,416,702 kWh, achieving 85.59% of the target in 2015 assigned by EVN, which is 394,000,000 kWh.

In the afternoon of October 09, 2015, in Da Nang, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam Journalists’ Association, Vietnam Electricity and Central Power Corporation together held “Nationwide Journalism Awards for Communicative Messages on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy the 2014 Eight Round”.