“Youth for Environment” project fosters creative connections
By Thanh Tung
August 31, 2021 | 13:50
The closing ceremony of “Youth for Environment” was held online with representatives of social organisations, businesses, media, and the youth.
HBRE cooperates with EVN Genco 3 to develop offshore wind farm in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
By Ha Minh
August 28, 2021 | 13:07
EVN and HBRE Group – the leading developer of onshore wind farms in Vietnam – have signed an agreement to develop an offshore wind farm in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
ADB commits $60 million to improve climate infrastructure for ethnic minorities in Vietnam
August 26, 2021 | 16:27
ADB has just approved $60 million to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam.
The US announced a $36-million project to help Vietnam develop clean energy
By Thanh Van
August 26, 2021 | 11:55
The US government announced the Vietnam Low Emission Energy Programme II, a five-year project aiming to accelerate Vietnam’s transition to a clean, secure, and market-driven energy system.
US dumping allegations threaten solar exporters
By Hai Van
August 26, 2021 | 08:00
While the market for solar panels and cells is booming amid the escalating climate change and energy demand, some exporters in Vietnam could be facing trade remedy actions if the US Department of Commerce deems them part of a larger scheme by Chinese producers allegedly trying to circumvent antidumping rules.
Financial powers scratch heads over coal shift
By Van Nguyen
August 25, 2021 | 11:00
International institutions are making plans to buy off some of Vietnam’s coal-fired power plants to shut them down as quickly as possible – but while this could reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically, national energy security needs to be kept in balance.
ASEAN governments urged to fasten energy transition
By Bich Thuy
August 24, 2021 | 15:29
ASEAN governments are urged to accelerate energy transition as a means of helping the region deal with climate change challenges and ensure the greening of supply chains whilst meeting its rising energy demands.
COVID-19 threatens Asia-Pacific's progress on SDGs
August 24, 2021 | 12:08
Asia-Pacifics SGDs are threatened by the lasting pandemic, according to a newly released ADB report.
Vietnamese children at high risk of climate crisis impacts
By Bich Thuy
August 21, 2021 | 14:03
Children and young people living in Vietnam are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, according to a UNICEF report.
Enhancing capacity of energy management, audit in Vietnam
August 20, 2021 | 22:22
The Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the EU-Vietnam Energy Facility (in short EU-Vietnam Energy Facility or EVEF) project in collaboration with the Department of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development under the Ministry of Industry an
IFC boosts COVID-19 and climate response efforts in banner year for East Asia and Pacific
By IFC
August 19, 2021 | 10:30
IFC ramped up response efforts to tackle the dual crises of climate change and COVID-19 in East Asia and the Pacific in the last fiscal year.
Influential institutions look to wind down coal activities
By Luu Huong
August 18, 2021 | 08:00
Some international lenders, funds, and insurers are joining a growing list of financial institutions across the globe retreating from coal-fired power plants, particularly projects in Vietnam and other Asian nations, as concerns grow over the role that fossil fuels play in exacerbating the adverse impacts of climate change.
Fostering corporate responsibility in curbing plastic waste
August 18, 2021 | 08:00
Phan Tuan Hung, director general of the Department of Legal Affairs under the MoNRE discussed the implementation of the EPR concept and related challenges.
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