VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu visited Qatar on July 4-5 where he co-hosted the second political consultation between Vietnam and Qatar with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi.

Despite difficulties in the first five months of this year, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) managed to increase its production, contributing to ensuring national energy security.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) pumped 4.55 million tonnes of crude oil in the first five months of 2022, surpassing the plan by 22%, contributing to ensuring national energy security and national development.

It is urgent to reinforce transmission capacity over the next decade to connect renewable energy supplies in the south with energy demand in the north, said Director of the Danish Energy Agency (DEA)’s Global Cooperation Centre Ulrik Eversbusch at the launch of Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2021.

Using energy economically and efficiently is a practical solution to help ensure national energy security, develop the economy, protect the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Trinh Quoc Vu, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Saving and Sustainable Department said on May 5.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will instruct enterprises to work to ensure domestic oil and gas supply in the second quarter of this year, Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai has said.

It is a must to ensure energy self-sufficiency and balance in any circumstances, meeting energy demand in production, business, national defence and security, and other activities, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - A Policy Dialogue on “Auction Mechanism for Sustainable Development of the Renewable Energy Market” was held via an online format on January 11 by independent think tank Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIETSE).

The increasing proportion of clean energy such as solar and wind power in recent years has helped Vietnam diversify energy sources and reduce its dependence on imported energy, thus enhancing its national energy security.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai affirmed Vietnam’s recognition of importance to strengthening sound relations with Kuwait while receiving visiting Kuwaiti Minister of Oil Mohammad Abdullateef M A Alfares in Hanoi on October 29.