Industrial energy efficiency is key to sustainable industrial development, especially in developing countries like Viet Nam, according to a flagship publication of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched in Hanoi on March 7th, 2012.

Japan’s energy firm Idemitsu Kosan Ltd, Co. has established a subsidiary in Vietnam for production and sales of lubricant oil for motorbikes, meeting the growing demand of this product.

Green economic growth (green growth) or transition to a green environmental friendly economy has created the enormous potentials to achieve sustainable development.

With high economic development, Viet Nam is coming into the stage to require substantial amount of material and energy to construct the nation, develop socio-economic infrastructure and improve living standard.

Viet Nam’s program on using biogas in husbandry has received the 2012 “For People” award from the World Energy Forum, announced the Animal Husbandry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The municipal authorities of Ha Noi have just issued the Renewable Energy Development Program in the 2012-2015 period to boost the application of advanced technologies in exploiting and using renewable energies in the community.

Building a green economy is necessary for Viet Nam to realize her sustainable development roadmap in the current context, said a senior official.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Company under Dassault Systemes got together with UBIFRANCE Vietnam to hold a workshop on November 14 in Hanoi under the theme, "Renewing Energy Technology: Solution Software, Process and Experiences".

Three international agencies have jointly financed a USD800 million project to help ensure a stable power supply in Vietnam.

Vietnam will team up with the Republic of Korea and Denmark to promote green growth - an issue that was set forth in the country’s Green Growth Strategy for 2012-2020, and to 2050.

The country's most populated city has adopted a programme to save power and promote the use of renewable and environmentally friendly energies.

Vietnam will rely on the latest advances in technology to ensure that its first nuclear power plant meets the highest possible safety standards, said deputy minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien at a conference to improve communication about nuclear power on Aug. 2.

Vietnamese officials from the Central and Central Highlands and lecturers from the UK’s leading research universities discussed opportunities to develop and apply new clean energy resources at a conference in Da Nang city on Sept. 10.

The first ever energy-saving house in Vietnam will be built in Ho Chi Minh City in 2013 with support from Denmark.

On 7th Nov., Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung and Minister of Climate, Energy and Building Martin Lidegaard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of energy efficiency in buildings.

"Viet Nam has huge potentials for green and renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and hydropower to replace traditional ones," said Nguyen Duc Cuong, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT)'s Energy Institute's Renewable Energy and Clean Development Mechanisms Centre.

Nearly 250 policy makers, senior officials and experts of ASEAN and India gathered in a workshop on renewable energy cooperation which opened in New Delhi on November 5.

The government has given the green light on a 300 million USD solar panel manufacturing plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam and Denmark have pledged to work hand-in-hand on the advancement of indoor energies, under an agreement signed on November 7 in Hanoi.

Danish Ambassador to Vietnam John Neilsen said that Denmark would provide US$14 million for the energy efficiency and conservation program in Vietnam.

Vestas, the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturer, and other Danish businesses will seek opportunities to boost cooperation with Vietnam in the fields of economics, trade and wind energy.

The Finance Ministry and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on October 31 signed an agreement for a 150 million EUR loan to help Vietnam in mitigating impacts of climate change.

As one of the Ministry of Industry and Trade award-winners in an energy efficient building contest, the Fortuna Hotel in Hanoi is held up as an effective example of energy conversation.

Vietnam Energy Association Chairman Tran Viet Ngai has said that Vietnam's energy efficient product market has plenty of room for investors due to limited product categories. At current, only a few such as compact and LED lamps are being produced.

The Trung Son Hydropower One-member Co., Ltd. under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) concluded an Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) contract on October 22 in Hanoi for Package W-MW-01 on construction of the Trung Son Hydropower Project under a joint venture between the Sam Sung C&T and Irrigation Construction Joint Stock Company 47.

A team of students at the HCM City University of Polytechnics has developed an automatic solar-powered drip irrigation system for grapefruit farms in the central Ninh Thuan Province.