VOV.VN - The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment, organized a workshop entitled "Vietnam's Marine Spatial Planning and Offshore Wind Energy" on April 20.

Austrian companies want to cooperate with Hanoi in areas that they are strong in, especially the development of smart cities and urban transport, said Philipp Gady, Vice President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber who accompanied Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg during a visit to Vietnam from April 16-18.

Vietnam must invest to raise its fuel reserve capacity, said economists and policymakers during a conference on April 12 discussing how to encourage investment from the private sector in fuel infrastructure and to stabilise fuel supply and demand.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Therese Coffey in Hanoi on April 12.

VinES Energy Solutions (VinES), a member of Vietnamese private conglomerate Vingroup and Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (Li-Cycle), an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and a leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, have signed an agreement for a long-term recycling relationship.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Industry and Trade and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) jointly organised a conference on technology and finance for waste-to-energy projects on April 11.

Students from engineering technology universities in Vietnam have developed innovative projects following the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) model to provide engineering solutions for real world problems, including supporting the vulnerable, sustainability, agricultural productivity, plastic recycling, reducing CO2 emission and green energy.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City wants to strengthen cooperation with Australian localities in areas where it has demand and Australia has strength, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen said in a meeting with Australian Governor-General David Hurley in the city on April 5.

VOV.VN - The Governor-General of Australia Gen. David Hurley is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on April 3, beginning a four-day State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany in collaboration with the Vietnamese Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) organised a seminar on March 31 on strengthening co-operation within the framework of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) program towards net zero emissions target for Vietnam by 2050.