South Korea's state overseas aid agency said Thursday that it plans to inject US$6.4 million into Vietnam's efforts to enhance industrial energy efficiency and promote environmentally friendly growth until 2025.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to enhance their joint efforts to promote clean energy in Southeast Asia.

Decarbonization is one of the keys to our sustainable society and drastic CO2 emission reduction by expanding the use of heat pumps is expected, accounting for 14% of Japan’s ambitious CO2 reduction target in 2050, according to Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ)’s latest analysis (see the previous report).

USAID Vietnam Urban Energy Security is offering support for project developers and enterprises providing advanced, distributed energy solutions in Ho Chi Minh City and/or Danang, via participation in an Investor Roadshow.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has issued the Guidelines for Developing Provincial Action Plan on Energy Efficiency for the period 2020-2025.

Vietnam’s growing demand for power and energy has attracted many investors, with major US energy groups gearing up for a series of clean energy projects in Vietnam.

Hanoi is taking wide ranging measures to implement the Vietnam National Target Program on Energy Efficiency, which have yielded remarkable results.

Motorbike manufacturers, assemblers and importers in Vietnam are required to place an energy label on their brand-new motorcycles.

More than 40 Vietnamese enterprises, policy-making agencies and trade promotion organisations are participating in an electrical and energy equipment fair which opened on January 18 at the India Expo Mart in Uttar Paradesh state of India.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to ensure adequate power supply next year and to focus on developing power generation sources and the grid.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has agreed to keep the current feed-in tariff of 9.35 US cents per kWh for rooftop solar power until 2021 as recommended by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $102 million loan to the government of Vietnam to support the effort of industrial enterprises to adopt energy-efficiency technologies and practices.

The circular No. 36/2016/TT-BCT (the Circular No.36) replacing the Circular No. 07/2012/TT-BCT dated on April 4th 2012 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade providing energy labeling for means and equipment using energy shall take effect on February 10th 2017.

On February 9th 2017, the General Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry and Trade promulgated the Official Dispatch No. 0239/TCNL - KHCN announcing the online energy labeling procedure registration.

On January 6th 2017, the workshop on Introduction of the pilot Voluntary agreement on energy efficiency and ESCO model in Vietnam was organized by the General Directorate of Energy in Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province.

On December 22nd 2016, the pilot Voluntary agreement (VA) program signing ceremony was organized by the General Directorate of Energy at the head office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

Green infrastructure company Japan Asia Group Ltd (TYO:3751), or JAG, announced today the completion of a 2.1-MW solar plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture.

In the hot weather, the energy saving is very important.

In times of rising prices, the overall savings are essential.

This is one of the activities of the program to build resources to operate the boiler's energy efficiency project "Promoting the energy efficient industrial boilers, adoption and operating practicesin Vietnam".

On July 7th 2016, Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade organized Hanoi Energy Saving Peak Summer Season In 2016 conference to improve propaganda skills on economic and efficient energy use.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam Journalists' Association, Electricity of Vietnam jointly organized the ceremony "The 9thPress Prize to raise awareness about Economical and Efficient Use of Energy 2015".

Patients in low-resource areas often suffer from surgical-site infections. Incidence for such infections is about nine times higher in developing countries than in developed countries.

The officials of the Dak Lak province are currently on a mission in Korea to discuss cooperation programs to build solar power plants.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) says that at least 10 large power generation projects will be put into operation in 2016 to meet the growing demand for power.

The companies include the renewable energy arms of General Electric, Siemens, RWE, Iberdrola, Statoil and Vattenfall.