23-06-2020 08:53
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Electricity of Vietnam to review recent hikes in household electricity bill, stressing that mistakes that affect people’s rights must be avoided and violations, if any, must be strictly handled.
16-06-2020 15:22
Vietnam's second-largest electricity producer PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) has officially confirmed its approval of investment for Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 thermal power plants, with a combined capacity of between 1,300 to 1,760MW.
10-06-2020 09:18
The People's Committee of the central province of Ha Tinh has approved a wind power project with a total investment of over 16.2 trillion (696.5 million USD).
09-06-2020 15:53
The Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority (EREA) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH jointly hosted the inaugural workshop of the Climate Protection through Sustainable Bioenergy Markets in Vietnam (BEM) project.
22-05-2020 16:29
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) is seeking investors in new electricity projects, including solar power plants on reservoirs, in an effort to ensure the safe and stable operation of the country’s electricity market.
21-05-2020 09:41
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said that transferring all or part of a solar power project was normal according to market rules and the Investment Law.
14-05-2020 09:29
The southern province of Bac Lieu topped the country in attracting foreign investment in the first four months of 2020 with a single project worth 4 billion USD producing electricity from LNG, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has reported.
13-05-2020 14:18
Vietnam Electricity Ho Chi Minh City (EVN HCMC) on May 12 signed a memorandum of understanding on solar power development with the Bach Khoa Investment and Development of Solar Energy Corporation, the Vietnam Ecological Solutions JSC and the TTC Energy JSC.
23-04-2020 08:00
The Prime Minister on April 6 issued Decision No.13/2020/QD-TTg on mechanisms for encouragement of development of solar power in Vietnam. Vaibhav Saxena, foreign lawyer at Vietnam International Law Firm, ventures into how the new policy, taking effect on May 22, impacts on both the market and investors.
18-04-2020 16:20
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has required the Ministry of Industry and Trade to publish the list of grid-connected solar power projects which were added to the power planning with the total cumulative capacity of not more than 2,000MW in the southern province of Ninh Thuan.
13-04-2020 17:21
In the first three months of this year, Electricity of Vietnam mobilised 2.76 billion kWh of renewable energy, including 2.31 billion kWh of solar power, signifying a 28-fold increase on-year.
13-04-2020 09:46
The government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to decrease the retail price of electricity by 10 per cent over the course of three months, in April, May, and June.
01-04-2020 17:00
At the government’s regular meeting on April 1, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) proposed the prime minister to adjust the selling price of electricity to support households, manufacturers and hospitality facilities in the general difficulties caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
01-04-2020 16:49
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo announced on March 31 that the country will provide free electricity and discounts for poor households to help them cope with the economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
19-03-2020 08:00
As one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies with a high demand for electricity, Vietnam is in the sights of investors from abroad. Banpu Group CEO Somruedee Chaimongkol outlined to VIR’s Nguyen Thu the firm’s ambition to expand its portfolio and create a greener and smarter strategy.