A Billionaire is bringing electric motorbikes to Vietnam
Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast is building e-scooters at a $3.5 billion factory in Haiphong.
National power utility faces financial crunch
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will face increasing financial difficulties in the coming years as its payment obligations to independent power projects keep rising.
Vietnam’s solar industry: bright prospects for investors
Vietnam’s energy consumption will continue to grow as the economy recovers from the pandemic-induced downturn. Tight deadlines will make it difficult for investors to benefit from revised feed-in-tariffs, but new investment mechanisms are being considered. Other challenges regarding infrastructure and…
Vietnam’s leadership flex shows how to drive electricity reform
Vietnam’s Communist Party leadership has instituted a top-down reform of the country’s electricity sector in response to the need to shift away from coal and its growing list of associated problems.
The next steps for Vietnam’s booming solar sector
Vietnam is showing promising early signs of emerging as a major solar produce
Vietnam breaks electricity consumption record amid heat wave
Electricity consumption capacity in Vietnam recorded an all-time high of 38,800 MW on Tuesday, according to Vietnam Electricity Corporation (EVN).
Giant offshore wind turbines could help Vietnam tackle immense climate change challenges
Vietnam could become a future global leader in offshore wind energy generation, after recent analysis showed the country has vast potential along its 3,000 kilometre coastline.
Vietnam has potential for ‘160GW of offshore wind’
The Danish Energy Agency is supporting the Vietnamese authorities on efforts to help kick-start the sector
Vietnam may back off from commitment to coal as plants get harder to build
Vietnam may scale back a plan to boost coal’s role in its power generation as financial restrictions and local environmental concerns make it more difficult to build plants.
New World Bank strategy to scale up solar energy production in Vietnam
The World Bank has released a new report with recommendations on how Vietnam can accelerate solar energy production and usage.
Vietnam to use more coal, oil in 2020 to power growth
Vietnam will generate more electricity from coal and oil this year to compensate for an expected drop in output from hydropower plants because of a lack of rain, the government said on Friday.