Northern General Electric Company recently held the launching ceremony of an emulation program “Power Saving Family” in Yen Bai City, 2015. This is the inauguration for the movement "Power Saving Family" in the Northern provinces, and cities.

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.

As speculated by experts and scientists, energy savings will contribute substantially to promoting a green economy for sustainable development. Therefore, the economical and efficient use of energy is of utmost urgency at the moment.

The three solutions: organizational restructure. technical and operational management, and business management are the three thrusts for drastic implementation in Gia Lai Power Company to make a breakthrough in the reduction of unaccounted-for-electricity in 2015 in the province.

For many years of operation, the agent has been affectionately called "Ama Khang" (Father Khang) by the Raglai ethnic people. In his work, he has always been performing the job with instructions for the people to use electricity safely and economically.

According to statistics from the General Department of Energy (MOIT), currently, the power consumption for lighting accounts for 35% of total power consumption of the country. Meanwhile, this indicator in other countries only accounts for about 15-17%.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) - German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation and the Electricity Construction & Consultancy JSC No.3 are conducting surveys to assess the feasibility for the project on renewable energy in Hau Giang.

On April 19, 2015, in Hanoi, there was a walking parade and a photo exhibition to respond to the “Passage of Green Energy” organized by Journal of Economics and Forecasting (Ministry of Planning and Investment). The event involved thousands of officers and employees from agencies, organizations, businesses and the youth, the students in the locality to participate.

In 2014, the Governments of Vietnam and the United States signed cooperation agreement on the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes (Agreement 123). Thereby, it creates the legal framework for the relevant bodies of the two sides to carry out specific cooperation, including cooperation on personnel training and development of human resources in the field of atomic energy.

On April 18, Dong Nai Power Company Ltd. held a review meeting on saving electricity in 2014 and action plan for 2015 with the participation of representatives from the departments and mass organizations in the Province and about 200 delegates of power supply units from the districts, Long Khanh Town and Bien Hoa city.

The legal framework and policy mechanisms play an important role in promoting and implementing the energy-saving and efficiency programs with their most effectiveness.

Graduates from the US and Canada will join a European summer school which aims to create the next generation of low carbon entrepreneurs.

On April 20, 2015 in Ho Chi Minh city, the Ministry of Construction, the Embassy of Denmark and Ho Chi Minh city Energy Conservation Center (ECC HCMC) jointly organized a training of trainers (briefly called TOT) on applying the National Technical Regulations QCVN 09: 2013 / BXD – in construction with efficient use of energy.

On April 20, 2015, under the guidance of the Hanoi People’s Committee, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, the groundbreaking ceremony was held for construction of Energy Manager Training Center in Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, Hanoi.

In the current trends of development, the environmental problems have so far been considered to be trade-offs for developing countries. However, experts still can reconcile both elements if the government, businesses and consumers join hands.

Reducing energy intensity is an urgent task, identified in the strategy of socio-economic development of the country. However, with the current energy consumption, the issue of energy intensity reduction is still troublesome.

The research outcome "Modeling the control system of public lighting to save energy in Thai Binh" realistically applied in Thai Binh city has helped save energy, protect the environment and reduce costs of operation, management, and maintenance of the system.

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) reveals that in the framework of the International Exhibition of LED/OLED Technology and Lighting Equipment in Vietnam to be held in HCM City during May 7-9, 2015 there will be a presentation for Vietnamese businesses about the Project "Development and promotion of LED lighting technology in Vietnam".

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.

Recently, a series of power savings communication activities have been conducted in schools.

Dak Lak Provincial People' Committee (PPC) has issued a Official Letter No. 2211/UBND-CN, dated April 07, 2015 dispatched to departments, industries and local organizations, districts and communes, People's Committees of districts, towns, city, and the Electricity Company of Dak Lak on the use of power with savings and efficiency.

Green works not only facilitate the efficient use of energy, and save resources, but also contribute to protecting the environment and human health.

During two days of April 11-12, the final round of 2015 Honda ''Eco Mileage Challenge" (Honda EMC) took place in the National Conference Center (Hanoi).

In order to realize power savings and to ensure stable and safe power supply, in the early months of 2015, Gia Lai Power Company is drastically implementing its communication programs for power savings.

The electricity price has increased by 7.5%, so consumers tend to give priority to power-saving products, especially cooling items.

An indicative amount of EUR346 million out of the total EUR400 million envelop has been provisionally allocated to support the Development of Sustainable Energy in Viet Nam.