Efficient use of energy in general and particularly in heavy industry is always a current topical subject. "World of Electricity" journalist met, discussed with the managers and experts on this issue.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai assigned the Government Affairs Office and Ministry of Industry and Trade the task to develop a study scheme, and submit it to the Government for issuance of a Strategy for development of renewable energy in Vietnam toward 2030 and vision to 2050.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Construction has listed over 400 works portfolio with approximately 2,500 m² of floor in Hanoi, HCM City, Da Nang and Can Tho for selection of 225 works to be surveyed, and energy audited in detail.

The training course also helps raise the awareness of the participants on cleaner production, provide them the skills for rapid assessment of the utilization of resources such as electricity, coal, oil, and water.

This is the goal that Ba Ria - Vung Tau set to enforce the Law on Economical and Efficient use of Energy. The rational use of electricity and power savings become ever more urgent when this important energy source has signs of outage and deficiency.

Perceiving the instructions from the Provincial People's Committee and to implement the solutions to save electricity, the power usage in the province has achieved certain results. During the first 7 months of 2015, the province has saved 30.8 million kWh, reaching 68.4% of the annual plan.

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.

Currently, Dung Quat Oil Refinery has been in stable and efficient operation at 105-107% of its capacity.

Vinacomin targets its growth rate in total revenues for period 2015-2020 at 6.8%/year; development investment VND 20÷30 trillion/year; value increase at 5%/year; labor productivity increase at 4÷5%/year; income per worker increase at 3.5%/year.

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 Children Painting Contest on "power savings" theme initiated by Nghe An Power Company in coordination with Vietnam - Germany Children's Cultural House was launched in June 2015 for the preschool age group, primary school and upper primary school students.

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 project has completed the new construction of 156,45km transmission line and renovation of 99,43km of medium voltage line; new construction of 182,51km and renovation of 63,68km low voltage line; construction of 128 substations with a capacity of 4905 kVA and installation of 2,862 electric meters.

Solar panels (40 pieces) were installed at the school, capable of providing about 30kWh of electricity per day, to meet the essential energy demands for running the essential equipment of the school activities.

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

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.

That is one of the objectives of the Economical and efficient use of energy Program of Bac Giang province for the phase 2016 - 2020 .

The Launching Ceremony is a practical activity aiming at implementing the National Target Program on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy as it has been widely deployed in the province.

Communication skills training in power saving was held during 3 days August 10-12, 2015 by Quang Nam Power Company in collaboration with the Quang Nam provincial Youth Union for over 400 key Youth Unionists

As one of the pillars of national power energy security, in 2011-2015, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) not only ensures enough electricity for the economy but also stays in the lead in the implementation of solutions and promotions of economical and efficient use energy.

Currently, electricity consumption for lighting in Vietnam accounts for 35% of total power consumption of the country. The public lighting system is energy-consuming sector due to the design, installation and use of inefficient lighting.

In the implementation of energy development strategy, Ministry of Industry and Trade presided over the preparation of policies to support the development of renewable energy sources such as wind power, biomass power, electricity generated from solid wastes and solar power.

Representatives of the Ministry of Construction reveal that buildings consume more than 30% of total energy consumption in the fast growing economy. Thus improving the energy efficiency for the new construction is an urgent requirement.

26.8 million kWh, equivalent to VND42 billion - not a small figure which represents great efforts of Da Nang Power Company in its effective power-saving solutions for the first 6 months of 2015.