Ho Chi Minh City plans to convert its public bus network to electric and green energy vehicles by 2030, with 100% of new bus routes opened from 2025 using electricity.

Vietnam needs to acquire technologies to ensure the safe management of nuclear power plants, and establish an appropriate financial mechanism to secure the substantial initial investment capital for the plan.

VOV.VN - Media outlet eco-business.com of Singapore published an article on December 26 to highlight the recent revised Electricity Law which has promoted increasing optimism in the Vietnamese renewable energy sector.

The year 2024 has marked significant progress Vietnam-Qatar economic, trade, and investment ties, with energy collaboration and labour partnership in the energy sector forming a bright spot, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Qatar Nguyen Huy Hiep.

The presentation ceremony of the 2024 press awards on the economical and efficient use of energy was held on December 17.

Two Vietnamese professors who are working in the US have offered insights into the potential and challenges of nuclear power development in Vietnam, recommending an approach centred on small-scale nuclear reactors as drawn from international practices.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has laid stress on the need to complete the resolution of obstacles for renewable projects by February 2025 to prevent wastefulness, contributing to ensuring electricity for development.

The German Business Association (GBA) in Vietnam has recently announced its focus on sustainable investments for 2025, with an emphasis on industries such as renewable energy, digital transformation, and high-tech manufacturing.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has laid stress on the critical need for innovative power projects that are able to transform the nation’s energy landscape and prevent power shortages while addressing at a hybrid conference to review the investment and construction of the 500kVcircuit-3 power transmission line linking Quang Trach in Quang Binh and Pho Noi in Hung Yen.

VOV.VN - To develop a competitive energy market, a new approach to market thinking, modernization, and renewable energy vision is needed, thereby creating a new era of opportunities and national position, according to Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien, former director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics.