Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki co-chaired the 4th High-Level Meeting of the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Initiative between Vietnam and Japan and the 2nd High-Level Meeting of the Project Acceleration Platform (PAP) in Hanoi on November 17.

The Vietnamese Government has reduced the preferential import tariff on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 5% to 2% under Decree No. 73/2025/ND-CP, issued on March 31. The move marks a key step in accelerating the country’s shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energy.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam has received a delegation from the Australia Vietnam Business Council (AVBC), discussing ways to step up bilateral cooperation.

Standard Chartered and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on green financing in Vietnam and to promote the deployment of advanced clean energy in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Future of Electricity – Vietnam (FE-V) initiative was launched in Hanoi on June 5 to help deepen links between energy and climate institutions of Vietnam and Australia, and focus on enhancing knowledge and efficiency in electricity generation, fuels, grids, markets and consumption.

Vietnam is undergoing clean energy transition at an accelerating rate and is considered the leader of clean energy transition in Southeast Asia, Shubham Rai, a research intern in the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), India, wrote in an article.

Vietnam should invest in the infrastructure system and human resources in order to enhance its role in the new global supply chain, Whitney Baird, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the US Department of State told Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper.