The United States wishes to cooperate with Vietnam in the fields of renewable energy and green economy, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said on February 24.

VOV.VN - The EU supports and promotes co-operation with Vietnam in prioritised areas through private investment capital, as well as from the EU and other international financial sources.

HSBC Vietnam has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for evaluating and providing financing solutions with the Trungnam Construction Investment Corporation (Trungnam Group), one of the largest renewable energy developers in Vietnam, according to Saigon Giai Phong newspaper.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has been asked to coordinate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and relevant ministries and sectors to conduct research for setting up a renewable energy centre in the coming time.

The Lao Government has given the green light for two private companies to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of a 220kV transmission line which would carry electricity from five dams in northern Laos to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - AC Energy (ACEN), a subsidiary of Filipino billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala’s Ayala Corp, has agreed to buy a 49% stake in Solar NT, a unit of Thailand’s Super Energy Corp. operating in Vietnam, according to forbes.com.

Japan will promote comprehensive cooperation from policy, technology to financial issues with Vietnam to help it realise a zero-carbon society, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio has affirmed in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Thai energy company Banpu PCL has agreed to acquire the companies holding a 50-MW portfolio of two solar parks in Vietnam in a deal worth US$26.7 million, according to the company.

Given Vietnam's high solar PV potential and ambitious green energy targets by 2050, the country has every opportunity to become a global leader in renewables, the Entrepreneur Magazine said on its e-edition.

Nami Solar, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Nami Energy company, and SK Ecoplant, a member of the Republic of Korea’s conglomerate SK Group, sealed a joint venture deal on January 24 to pump US$200 million into solar energy development in Vietnam.