VOV.VN- Vietnam’s total installed power capacity totaled 76,620 MW in 2021, 7,500 MW higher compared to the previous year, with this figure being the highest among ASEAN member states, according to Tran Dinh Nhan, CEO of the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), at the company’s year-end meeting on January 14.

Laos has been the largest recipient of Vietnam's overseas investment so far, with 209 projects totalling US$5.1 billion in registered capital, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

Singapore is hoped to invest in and partner with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in sectors that the latter boasts strength in, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Le Quang Manh said at a working session with representatives of the Consulate-General of Singapore in HCM City on January 6.

Input cost increases have forced manufacturers to increase selling prices. However, purchasing power is weak, which is a warning about a tough year ahead.

The draft Power Development Planning (PDP) VIII has demonstrated the trend of developing clean and renewable energies in line with commitments to cutting carbon emissions at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring numerous difficulties caused by the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, the Vietnamese agricultural sector has recorded encouraging results this year and surpassed the annual target to act as a powerful lever for the national economy.

A signing ceremony for the bidding contract No.3 in the form of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for Phuoc Thai 2 and Phuoc Thai 3 solar power plants took place in Hanoi on December 22.

VOV.VN - Super typhoon Rai, after pounding the Philippines and entering the East Sea, has weakened a bit but is expected to remain a powerful typhoon and head toward the central coast of Vietnam.

Offshore wind power is considered a promising field and able to replace renewable energy in Vietnam but the industry is rather new and it is difficult to implement offshore wind power projects, heard participants at a seminar held in Hanoi on December 16.

A credit contract to provide US$95 million for the restructuring of Dak Drinh hydro power plant was signed in Hanoi on December 14.