VOV.VN - Investors from Japan have pledged to provide approximately US$1.8 billion in capital to finance a coal-fired thermal power plant in Vung Ang of Ha Tinh province, according to business publication Bloomberg on Dec. 30.

VOV.VN - Local people have been donning extra coats and lighting bonfires throughout the capital amid temperatures falling to close to freezing.

VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3 voiced Vietnam’s strong protest against Taiwan’s recent live-fire drills in the waters surrounding the Ba Binh island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) islands.

VOV.VN - The ritual of “Nhay lua” or “fire dance” in English, ceremony performed by the Red Dao ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, has been regconised as part of national intangible cultural heritage by the the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Both ‘dirty energy’ (coal-fired thermopower and hydropower) and ‘clean energy’ (wind and solar power) have advantages and disadvantages.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the building of a 3,200MW liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu was signed between representatives of the provincial People’s Committee and Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy Pte.Ltd (DOE), at a ceremony in the locality on October 12.

VOV.VN - AJU, a business publication from the Republic of Korea (RoK), has recently published an article revealing that the board of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has plans to purchase a 40% stake in Vung Ang 2, a 1,200MW coal-fired power plant being constructed in Ha Tinh province.

The “Nhay lua” (fire jumping) ceremony of the Red Dao ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been listed as a national intangible heritage.

As the country’s total power output will expand by 80,000 MW by 2030, while large sources are located far from centres, it is necessary to develop sufficient power transmission grid to ensure stable operation of the whole system, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong.

Fuel prices may be reviewed and adjusted three times per month instead of two as currently, according to the latest version of a draft decree amending Decree No 83 on petrol and oil trading.