Vietnamese Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung visits France
NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung is paying a working visit to France from October 26 to 28 to seek measures to continue cementing ties between Vietnam and France. During his trip, Dung had working sessions with Minister of Environment François de Rugy, and CEO of the French Development Agency (AFD) Rémy Rioux, […]
Vietnamese government inks La Gan survey contracts
La Gan Wind Power Development Corporation and the Vietnamese government have signed contracts for survey campaigns for the 3500MW La Gan offshore wind project. La Gan Wind Power Development Corporation signed the contracts with the Vietnamese government agency, Northern Center for Planning and Investigation of Marine Resources and Environment (CPIM), which is working in close […]
Vietnamese intertidal project comes onstream
Modern Energy Management (MEM) has achieved commercial operation for the 48MW Tra Vinh Wind Power (TWPC) intertidal wind farm project in Vietnam on behalf of project investors Climate Investor One and ST International.
Vietnamese LNG works on politics and price
Vietnam will select future LNG suppliers for a projected spike in gas import demand based on geopolitics as well as economics, according to asset management firm Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV), which is dealing closely with the Hanoi government. The country’s demand is expected to rise to 31bn m³ by 2035, from 10bn m³ in 2019. […]
Vietnamese market momentum attracts another 100 MW
As the Vietnamese solar market continued to gain momentum – at least until the weekend – announcements of new projects keep pouring in. Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has achieved commercial operation of its Vinh Hao 6 Solar project in the province of Binh Thuan and inverter maker SMA said it has inked a contract to […]
Vietnamese NA to closely cooperate with Lao counterpart: Chairwoman
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) will closely cooperate with the Lao parliament in continuing to create favourable conditions for the two Governments to effectively implement their bilateral agreements, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan affirmed on January 6. During a reception in Hanoi for Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith who came for […]
Vietnamese PM demands solar auctions in place of subsidies
Vietnam’s second-round solar feed-in tariff (FiT) could be cut short in favour of an auction model after the prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued an order highlighting shortcomings in the way the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has handled the roll-out of solar power. The shock move, which still needs to be released in […]
Vietnamese PV maker Dehui bets on US solar to fuel 2020s growth
One of the biggest names of Vietnam’s PV manufacturing scene is to throw its weight behind the US solar market over the next three years, with plans to target utility-scale buyers by embracing bifacial technology. This month, Dehui Solar told PV Tech of its ambitions to triple its business with the US in the space of three […]
Vietnamese PV projects to assess potential of battery storage in preventing curtailment
Solar PV power generation in Vietnam could about to be maximised through the integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS), with consultancy AqualisBraemar LOC Group (ABL Group) hired to conduct feasibility studies across multiple PV plants following curtailment issues in the country.
Vietnamese university launches smart grid lab
The Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) has launched the first university Smart Grid Lab in Vietnam. The lab will give 350 students a year, at the Electrical, Electronics, Control and Automation Faculties, the opportunity to build the skills they need to address the power network challenges of the future.