VOV.VN - The US Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on September 20 launched a project to accelerate renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions to the city’s urban energy challenges.

VOV.VN - Australia is keen to co-operate and support Vietnam in energy transition efforts towards achieving its net zero emissions goal by 2050 as committed at the recent 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), said Mark Tattersall, Chargé d'Affaires at the Australian Embassy Hanoi.

The absence of laws on energy and in particular renewable energy is causing an imbalance between the stages of production, transmission and consumption of coal-fired power, solar power, and wind power in Vietnam.

The UK – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKFTA) was providing significant opportunities for Vietnam to expand the export of steel and iron products in the UK.

VOV.VN - The US and Vietnam have enjoyed sound relations in a multitude of fields and need to further cooperation in an effort to quickly carry out policies on climate change adaptation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is resolved to meet the goal of achieving zero net emissions by 2050 as committed at the 26th UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26), National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told visiting COP26 President Alok Sharma in Hanoi on August 29.

VOV.VN - Vietnam hopes it will soon get financial support and technical know-how from international development partner donors to realise its energy transition projects.

General Director of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) Le Manh Hung has proposed that PetroVietnam and Norwegian energy firm Equinor promptly build a roadmap to implement their joint offshore wind power and hydrogen production projects in Vietnam.

UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team Selwin Hart has hailed Vietnam’s seriousness and efforts in fulfilling its commitments at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

The energy intensity of Vietnam is currently at a much higher level than the world average, and it is high time for the country to end the wasteful use of energy, according to experts.