How solar panels are brightening Vietnam’s energy future
08:42 | 14/10/2019 Energy
(VEN) - In Vietnam’s central region, nearly 150,000 solar panels fan out across 45 hectares (about 111 acres), glistening in the dry, windy heat. Although the landscape is quiet, big changes are underway.
Hanoi to have 100 key industrial products
11:17 | 12/10/2019 Local Industry
Hanoi is striving to have 100 key industrial products in the near future, according to Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Dam Tien Thang.
Over VND9.2 trillion poured into Hoa Binh hydropower plant expansion
10:02 | 11/10/2019 Energy
The Hoa Binh hydropower plant expansion project is expected to be started in the fourth quarter of 2020 and scheduled to be put into operation in 2023. Currently, related units are rushing to complete the necessary procedures to implement the project.
NEPCON 2019: Spotlight on Vietnam’s electronics industry potential
10:24 | 10/10/2019 Industry
(VEN) - The development of the Vietnamese electronics industry offers great prospects to turn Vietnam into the world’s new electronics manufacturing hub. This was the thrust of NEPCON Vietnam 2019, the country’s only exhibition of SMT (surface-mount technology), testing technologies, equipment and support industries for electronics manufacturing that took place in Hanoi in mid-September. It displayed more than 200 brands in seven international pavilions from the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei, China, Singapore, and Vietnam.
Bat Trang pottery: Industry 4.0 takes 700-year history into the future
09:41 | 09/10/2019 Local Industry
(VEN) - The application of technologies in the era of Industry 4.0 is a good opportunity for Bat Trang pottery village to improve the competitiveness of its products.
General Director of PV Gas Duong Manh Son attends Gastech 2019
10:36 | 08/10/2019 Energy
(VEN) - Gastech is the annual conference of the gas industry, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and global energy. Gastech 2019 was held from September 17-19, 2019 in Houston, Texas, the United States.
Metalworking rising with innovations
08:48 | 07/10/2019 Industry
(VEN) - Vietnam’s International Exhibition on Machine Tools & Metalworking Solutions - METALEX Vietnam 2019 will be held from October 10-12, in Ho Chi Minh City, with the theme “Rising with Innovations”.
Quang Binh calls for German investment in clean energy
11:21 | 05/10/2019 Energy
Secretary of the Quang Binh provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council recently had working sessions with leading German firms operating in clean energy, especially in wind power, in Berlin, as part of investment promotion activities in Germany from September 13 – 17.
Domestic electronics industry needs development breakthroughs
09:50 | 04/10/2019 Industry
(VEN) - Although Vietnam has become the 12th and 3rd largest electronics exporter in the world and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), respectively, about 95 percent of its electronics export value is derived from foreign-invested enterprises.
Time to shine – Solar power gaining momentum in Vietnam
10:04 | 02/10/2019 Energy
Solar power saw the sunshine in Vietnam with the promulgation of Decision 11/2017/QD-TTg dated 11 April 2017 (“Decision 11”) of the Prime Minister (PM) on Mechanism for Encouragement of Development of Solar Power in Vietnam, amended by Decision 02/2019/QD-TTg dated 8 January 2019. Decision 11 took effect from 1 June 2017 and completed its term on 30 June 2019. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for solar power projects entered into before 1 June 2017 were required to be amended so as to be in compliance with Decision 11.
