23-07-2020 07:00
The energy sector has grown into a large-scale industry with dynamic growth, but specific mechanisms are needed for the sector to develop further, heard the Vietnam Energy Summit 2020 which opened in Hanoi on July 22.
06-06-2016 08:00
In addition to its “Light up the Spratly Islands” project, Vietnamese renewable energy firm SolarBK, in 2009, installed a hybrid power supply system using both wind and solar energy with a capacity of 824kWh per day.
29-01-2024 11:11
BCG Energy, a subsidiary of Vietnam's Bamboo Capital Group, has substantially increased its charter capital. The capital hike, from VND4.5 trillion (around $189 million) to VND7.3 trillion, marks a significant escalation in the firm's investment capacity.
21-05-2024 19:30
Beacon Fund and CAS Energy reached an initial investment agreement in April to advance renewable energy projects integrated with circular agriculture under the climate-smart agriculture model in Vietnam.
27-02-2023 14:32
Vietnam's BCG Energy and its Singaporean partner Hanwha Energy have concluded a new timeline for the former to pay the latter part of an overdue bond.
10-12-2021 13:56
Sembcorp Utilities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries and BCG Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bamboo Capital Group inked an agreement for the development of renewable projects in Vietnam on December 9, 2021.
10-09-2019 12:11
Over the last few years, Vietnam has shown it is taking industrial sustainability seriously by implementation of eco-industrial park initiatives. While many challenges remain, innovative technology could be the answer to shaping up a smart and green manufacturing ecosystem.
21-08-2019 10:42
While traditional markets are wallowing in an ocean of plastic bags, there is a trend to turn to environmentally-friendly alternatives among local supermarkets and to say no to plastic bags and single use products at new stores but the results is still not up to the expectation. Kim Anh reports.
12-11-2018 12:37
More than 100 international and domestic experts gathered on November 8-9 in Ho Chi Minh City in the second expert group meeting to implement Eco-Industrial Parks in Vietnam.
22-11-2018 15:00
The United Nations of Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO), are executing the “Implementation of Eco-Industrial Park Initiative for Sustainable Industrial Zones in Vietnam.” VIR’s Bich Ngoc talked with Heinz Leuenberger, professor of sustainable industrial development at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland and UNIDO expert, on his evaluation of the project’s results after three years of implementation.
29-07-2017 15:00
Cat Ba island, off the northern port city of Hai Phong, is set to become an eco-smart island and a national tourism site, according to the city’s tourism development plan period 2017-2020.
30-05-2016 20:37
Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, the leading shrimp firm in Vietnam, is investing heavily in a global responsible value chain of shrimp, with an emphasis on food safety, environmental protection, social welfare, animal health, and welfare.
02-05-2016 08:00
Gazprom, one of Russia’s largest natural gas producers, is keen on further co-operation with Vietnam in gas production and distribution.
24-09-2015 15:09
The 14-year-old boy used the word during a lesson as part of a discussion at his school in central London about environmental activism, according to a report by The Guardian.
09-12-2014 11:55
Fujisawa SST’s inauguration has proven smart and sustainable living is not a pipe dream.