As a kick-off activity for SVEF 2025 slated to take place on June 23, the dialogue created a platform for direct discussions between Vietnamese local authorities and Swiss partners on priority areas such as smart agriculture, clean energy, technological innovation and sustainable finance.
Quang Ninh is an ideal strategic partner in the areas where Belgium has outstanding advantages, from clean energy, agricultural processing, and logistics to smart city building, said Andries Gryffroy, First Vice President of the Belgian Senate and President of the Belgian Vietnamese Alliance.
In the current context, Vietnam’s energy sector must strike a balance of ensuring robust economic growth and national energy security while simultaneously advancing the transition to green, clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with global trends
The project aims to effectively harness the potential of rooftop solar energy in the city to increase the use of clean energy, contributing to reducing greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions, and heat radiation for buildings, towards realising the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, as committed by Vietnam at the COP26 Conference.
With an urgent timeline to put the plant into operation by 2030 or 2031, the project faces significant challenges and requires a shift to a more flexible, accelerated management approach.
Affordable and competitive electricity rates play a vital role in ensuring consistent revenue streams for private enterprises, encouraging their participation in Vietnam's domestic energy market.
It aims to mobilise domestic and international resources for power sector development, adopt co-firing technology with clean fuels to gradually reduce emissions from coal-fired plants, phase out outdated and inefficient facilities, and accelerate renewable energy expansion to ensure stable and affordable electricity supply.
Indonesia aims to build nuclear power plants for cleaner energy, Presidential Special Envoy for Climate and Energy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said at a recent energy forum.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer held talks in London on January 15, discussing the elevation of the relations between both countries to strategic partnership covering all spheres.
Vietnam should research the feasibility of applying small modular nuclear reactor technology that the UK is currently working on, according to Dr. Dao Duc Cuong from the mechanical, engineering and energy faculty of the University of Bradford of the UK.
Thailand’s leading corporations and conglomerates are collaborating on a roadmap to phase out polluting fossil fuels and shift towards clean energy for sustainable development.
The Royal Government of Cambodia is focusing on boosting clean and renewable energy in alignment with sustainable development goals as evident in the group of power projects approved for the 2024-2029 period.
Thailand’s energy authorities are considering buying more solar power from households as part of efforts to promote clean energy and increase installation of rooftop solar panels.
The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) will help Vietnam and many other developing countries realise their net-zero emissions targets by 2050, and shift to the use of clean energy, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long said at a working session with Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Hilde Solbakken in Hanoi on September 18.
Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of having all of its buses using clean fuels or electricity by 2030, heard a workshop on green and electric energy for public transport held in the southern largest economic hub on July 30.
The Petrovietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) has proposed the implementation of the Lam Son Clean Energy Production Complex project, with an investment of nearly 4 billion USD in Ninh Thuan province.
New diesel cars and taxis will no longer be registered in Singapore starting January 1, 2025, as part of the Government's efforts to have all vehicles on the streets of the city-state running on cleaner energy by 2040.
Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Committee of central Da Nang city Nguyen Thi Anh Thi had meetings with delegations from Japan’s Sakai city and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Naju city on July 5.
