Green Growth

Green Energy Transition Showcase powers sustainable future

By Bich Ngoc August 29, 2024 | 11:53

The Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) on August 27 launched the Green Energy Transition Showcase in HCM City.

Natural capital is key to greener growth

By Anil Markandya, Sabah Abdulla and Yoko Watanabe August 29, 2024 | 10:23

The role of nature in green growth cannot be ignored, and incorporating natural capital considerations into the economic growth strategies of developing countries is essential for protecting the environment.

Suitable workforce craved for carbon credit market

By Bich Ngoc August 29, 2024 | 10:13

The plan to establish the first carbon credit exchange in 2025 places Vietnam with a huge task of training enough professional forces to participate in the market.

Investors expect adjustment in retail power mechanisms

By Nguyen Kim August 28, 2024 | 11:58

Removing the cross-subsidy policy in collaboration with adjusting retail power prices will be motivation to foster investment capital influx in the power sector.

Potential is there for hydrogen alternative

By Thanh Van August 28, 2024 | 11:28

Although Vietnam’s green hydrogen market remains at its early stages, there have been some developments to unlock it

Financing the energy transition for Southeast Asia

By Surendra Rosha August 28, 2024 | 11:17

It is unusual to feel nostalgia when you glimpse the future. Seeing an electric rickshaw for the first time, I could not help but smile remembering the spluttering sound of rickshaws which filled the crowded Indian streets of my youth. New electric models are quickly becoming a more common sight in those parts of Southeast Asia which share that three-wheeled transport tradition.

Coro Energy advances commercial and industrial rooftop solar business in Vietnam

By Thanh Van August 27, 2024 | 17:22

Coro Energy PLC announced positive developments in its commercial and industrial rooftop solar business in Vietnam on August 27.

Technology adoption high amongst Vietnamese businesses

By Vy Bui August 26, 2024 | 18:40

Vietnamese businesses are more likely to include a digital strategy as part of their organisational strategy compared to other markets.

Norway’s Equinor pulls out of Vietnam’s offshore wind market

By Thanh Van August 26, 2024 | 09:00

Norway's state-controlled energy giant Equinor ASA has pulled out of Vietnam's offshore wind sector and shut down its Hanoi office.

SCG Color Roof becomes Vietnam’s first colour concrete roof tile to achieve Singapore Green Label

By Thanh Van August 23, 2024 | 10:09

SCG Concrete Roof Vietnam Co., Ltd. announced in July that its SCG Color Roof tile brand has become the first in Vietnam to achieve Singapore Green Label status.

Flexible solutions crucial to develop carbon market: Deputy PM

By VNA August 23, 2024 | 09:48

With its tremendous potential in renewable energy and the carbon market, Vietnam will be highly attractive to investors, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha stressed, while addressing a meeting in Hanoi on August 22 on seeking ideas towards completing a draft plan on carbon market development in Vietnam.