Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has recently paid a working trip to Perpignan city of Pyrénées-Orientales province in Occitanie region, opening new avenues for cooperation across economy, education, energy transition and sustainable growth, the strategic priorities shared by both countries.

VOV.VN - The UK considers Vietnam an important partner in the Asia-Pacific and looks to strengthen comprehensive cooperation across diplomacy, security, trade, finance, education, energy transition, and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - The European Union has announced a EUR430 million support package to ramp up Vietnam’s Bac Ai Pumped Storage Hydropower Project, a flagship initiative under the country’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on GE Vernova to expand its investment and establish long-term strategic cooperation in Vietnam, contributing to the country’s energy security, infrastructure development, and commitments to a green, clean, and sustainable energy transition.

Vietnam has launched its first research project on combining solar energy with agriculture, aiming to increase farmers' incomes while accelerating the country's energy transition.

Despite strong political commitment and recent regulatory reforms, Vietnam continues to face major institutional and financial challenges in its path to net-zero emissions by 2050, as highlighted by experts at the 2025 Annual Oil and Energy Forum held in Hanoi on July 28.

Vietnam has so far mobilised more than US$7 billion for its just energy transition agenda under the Political Declaration on the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

Norway is committed to supporting Vietnam’s energy transition, Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Hilde Solbakken said at a technical seminar held in Hanoi on May 28.

The French Institute in the central city of Hue, in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam, held a seminar on May 8 evening to discuss the context and challenges of climate change, as well as approaches to ecological and energy transition in Vietnam.

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.