Many foreign and Vietnamese financial institutions are now enthusiastically enforcing green loans or bonds as they continue to work towards transition to a low carbon economy. However, issues such as debtors’ leverage ratio or energy project quality are associated with risks. Pham Nhu Anh, member of the Board of Management, head of the Corporate and Investment Banking Division at Military Bank, talked to VIR’s Luu Huong about the risks and rewards of these climate-friendly initiatives.

The signing ceremony of a loan worth USD173 million to build wind power plants with a total capacity of 144MW in Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province by Power Construction Joint Stock Company 1 (PCC1) was approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Export Finance Australia (EFA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and member units under PCC1 was performed online by the end of May 2021.

On June 30, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the People's Committee of Da Nang City jointly launched a project to provide technical assistance to urban energy security in Vietnam.

Japan on Monday pledged to offer $10 billion financial aid for decarbonisation projects in Asia, such as renewable energy, energy-saving and conversion to gas-fired power generation from coal-fired power to help with an energy transition.

Speaking at a meeting with UK Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward on May 19, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien affirmed that Vietnam continues to create the most favourable environment to attract investment from domestic and foreign investors into the energy industry, especially in development of renewable energy and promotion of economical and efficient use of energy.

The Da Nang City Department of Industry and Trade on April 28 held a ceremony to inaugurate the project promoting energy saving for the city’s residents. Sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the project will be conducted until February 2025,

With an investment of $7.4 billion in wind and solar power, Vietnam owns potential to become a major renewable energy producer in the world.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam held an event to summarize the project 'Vietnam Low Emission Energy (V-LEEP)' funded by USAID after 5 years of implementation.

Các nhà khoa học tại Trung tâm Kiến thức và Đổi mới SPECIFIC, Đại học Swansea, đã tìm ra cách thay thế các dung môi độc hại, thiếu bền vững hiện đang cần thiết để tạo ra thế hệ tiếp theo của công nghệ năng lượng mặt trời.

DAI invites firms to submit a proposal for work to be funded by USAID under the USAID Vietnam Urban Energy Security activity.

DAI invites firms to submit a proposal for work to be funded by USAID under the USAID Vietnam Urban Energy Security activity.

The Investment Manager/Component 2 Lead will focus on building and sustaining a pipeline of investment opportunities, identifying technical assistance needs and providing support and facilitation to make the opportunities more attractive to increase the accessibility of appropriate capital for renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. He/she will lead the management and technical support for the project’s activities focused on unlocking capital.

The Project seeks an Innovations’ Manager/Component 3 Lead to provide oversight and management of Component 3: Increase adoption of innovative technologies, practices, business and financing models for advanced, distributed urban energy solutions.

The Project seeks a Technical Specialist – Innovation Challenge to provide support of VUES Component 3: Increase adoption of innovative technologies, practices, business and financing models for advanced, distributed urban energy solutions.

Germany’s Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH (GICON®) and the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) have identified cooperation sectors and forms, covering technologies, under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on March 29.

Vietnam saved 353,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to 658.1 million VND (28,635 USD), during one hour from 20:30 to 21:30 on March 27, when the entire country turned off unnecessary electric appliances in response to Earth Hour 2021, according to the National Power Dispatch Centre.

A kick-off meeting was held in Hanoi on March 15 to launch the project on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported.

While enterprises take on smart building projects to reduce energy costs, COVID-19 has brought new priorities to the fore.

Youth volunteers will be involved in a host of activities and projects to raise public awareness of environment protection and promote the efficient use of power in response to this year’s Earth Hour in Ho Chi Minh City.

Chương trình Nâng cao Năng lực Dầu khí về An ninh Năng lượng do Tập đoàn Dầu khí và Kim loại Quốc gia Nhật Bản (JOCMEC) phối hợp với Trung tâm Năng lượng ASEAN (ACE) tổ chức.