VOV.VN - Asia’s second richest billionaire, Gautam Adani, expressed his desire to expand investment in Vietnam during his recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau.

The increase in the solar plus wind share of the electricity mix in Vietnam in 2020 was much faster than the pace seen in the Asia-Pacific region or the world as a whole.

Representatives from the Belgian Foreign Ministry handed over 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam to support its fight against COVID-19.

Three more wind power plants with a combined capacity of 48.8MW began commercial operation in August, according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

The Vietnam – Russia joint-venture Vietsovpetro and the La Gan wind power project development JSC signed a contract on July 15 to conduct a geographical survey for the La Gan offshore wind power project off the coast of the south central province of Binh Thuan.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) needs to study and direct Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to issue regulations on the transmission and distribution system to ensure the stable operation of the power system amid abundant wind and solar power sources.

Contractors building eight wind power plants in Soc Trang province have vowed to speed up work so that they can begin generating electricity before the end of October.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently signed a facility agreement to provide up to US$25 million for an onshore wind power generation project with a total capacity of 144 MW in the central province of Quang Tri.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 27 signed a US$116-million green loan with local firms to build and operate three 48-megawatt (MW) wind farms, totaling 144 MW, in Quang Tri province.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam continues to transition to cleaner low-carbon power generation, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is funding the development and construction of two wind power projects in central Vietnamese provinces.