Fashion show producer and model Jessica Minh Anh is an expert in transforming the world's most iconic venues into phenomenal catwalks. Before her most recent "floating catwalk" on the River Seine in Paris in October, Jessica created the world's first solar-powered catwalk at the award-winning solar plant Gemasolar in Sevilla, Spain in July. Other world-famous places such as the Eiffel Tower in France, the Tower Bridge in London, One World Trade Center, Gardens by the Bays Skyway in Singapore and the Petronas Twin Towers' Skybridge in Malaysia have been featured in her work. During her recent visit to Viet Nam, the Ha Noi-born woman chatted with Nguyen Thuy Hang about her unique work.

G.T. & Associates and Marshall & Street Ltd from the United Kingdom has proposed building a solar power plant, in the central province of Quang Nam, the province's website reports.

Construction of Viet Nam's first solar power plant started in the central province of Quang Ngai on Saturday.

Foreign investors are showing interest in Vietnam’s infantile solar power sector, although a lack of state support mechanisms may hinder progress.

A South Korean firm specializing in renewable energy and hospital management has recently suggested building a solar power plant in southern Vietnam, newswire Vietnamplusreported Wednesday.

Korea Telecom (KT) Group has launched the construction of a US$13.7-million solar power project in the central Quang Binh Province's Bo Trach District.

With Vietnam set to become a net energy importer in the near future, renewable energy solutions such as solar power are becoming an urgent concern. Tran Van Thanh, executive director of the Vietnam Green Building Council, shared some of his insights into this sector with VIR.

Solar Impulse 2 landed in Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay on Thursday after completing the fourth leg of its landmark circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun - and was met by an elephant.

A solar-powered plane made a third successful test flight in the United Arab Emirates on Monday (Feb 2) ahead of a planned round-the-world tour to promote alternative energy.

Solar Impulse 2, the first solar-powered plane to be able to fly for several days and nights, will land 12 times along its roughly 35,000km trip - including a five-day stretch above the Pacific Ocean without a drop of fuel.

The central province of Quang Ngai is developing a 30-Megawatt solar power station in Mo Duc District, which will start operating by the end of the year, the provincial Department of Industry and Trade announced yesterday.

Two big explosions on the surface of the sun will cause a moderate to strong geomagnetic storm on Earth in the coming days, possibly disrupting radio and satellite communications, scientists said on Thursday (Sep 11).

China’s Bowerway Group has opened its solar panel project in Vietnam while others of its kinds are stalled due to the global supply-demand imbalance.

After two years in stasis, US-backed First Solar Vietnam’s billion dollar photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility may soon be back on track.

A $300 million solar battery complex, once a joint deal between the United Arab Emirates’ Global Sphere Group and local partner Worldtech JSC, which failed to materialise has adversely affected certain groups of people, reported newswire Vietnamnet.