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.

Vinh Long Electricity Company recently held a review workshop to commend on electricity efficiency in 2014 and to deploy the 2015 action plan for electricity efficiency.

In the first quarter of 2015, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) announced that the national grid has been in stable, safe and sound power supply operation. The Corporation has made 03 sessions of water discharge from hydropower reservoirs of Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and Tuyen Quang to irrigate for the 2014 - 2015 Winter-Spring cultivation in the provinces in the Midlands and Northern Delta.

Can Tho city is the gateway of the Mekong River down stream. With the advantage of agriculture and aquaculture, Can Tho remains a centre of businesses in the food processing sector.

Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has requested the Department of Industry and Trade and the Energy Conservation Center of Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation to undertake the investment project on building an incinerator generator with a capacity of 1,000 tons of waste/day, which generates power from the waste burnt.

On April 8th, the organizing Board of the Earth Hour Campaign conducted the prize awarding ceremony for the Poster Design Contest in response to Earth Hour 2015.

Funded by the Ministry of Economy and Energy, Germany, the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Vietnam (AHK Vietnam) in collaboration with the Baden-Wurttemberg International Agency for International Economic and Scientific Cooperation successfully held a Workshop on "Energy Management in Industries and Buildings in Vietnam".

Mr. Le Tien Phuong , chairman of Binh Thuan’s People Committee had accepted power supply option to keep lighting up dragon fruit season in 2014 - 2015 in the form of 50% reduction of capacity in power substation.

In the evening of March 28, together with nearly 200 countries and territories comprising approximately 7,000 cities worldwide, Vietnam responded to Earth Hour Campaign simultaneously in 63 provinces, cities by exemplary action of switching off lights for one hour from 20h30 to 21h30.

In the program, many exciting activities took place such as Cycling parade in response to Earth Hour, flash mob dance, mass game 60+. Shortly after the event, hundreds of union members went about to stick the communication posters, to hand out the leaflets in response to Earth Hour 2015 campaign.

On March 22 morning, the General Department of Energy (Ministry of Industry and Trade) organized the launching ceremony for Earth Hour 2015 Campaign in Da Nang.

In the evening of March 22nd, 2015, thousands of pupils, students, volunteers and people of Hanoi congregated at the August Revolution Square to participate in the ritual light-off in response to Earth Hour 2015 campaign.

This morning, on the roads of Hanoi, more than 500 young people, students and pupils were divided into 10 cycling teams on the streets of Hanoi in a response to 2015 Earth Hour campaign.

In recent years, Bac Ninh province has implemented many power-saving solutions in cooperation with community to cope with climate change.