The Hanoitimes - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) must finalize the national solar power development master plan and report it to the Prime Minister before July 15 this year. At a direction made by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently, MoIT will also have to report to the Prime Minister new solar energy projects that were added to the amended National Master Power Plan VII, effective March 18, 2016. MoIT has approved 70 solar power projects Before the completion of the national solar power development master plan, MoIT will be authorized to consider and add projects, whose appraisals were finalized and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval, such as the 250MW BIM2 project in the Ninh Thuan Province and the 330MW Phu My project in Binh Dinh province. MoIT must take the entire responsibility on the appraisal, especially the need to add the projects to the amended National Master Power Plan VII. According to the MoIT’s report, the total output … [Read more...] about Prime Minister urges national solar power development plan
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Hà Nội uses more electricity as temperature rises
Workers from Việt Nam Electricity in Hà Nội check a 110kV substation in Thường Tín District. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc HàViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Electricity consumption has surged drastically in Hà Nội with the onset of the first heat wave, power company Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) said. The city used some 60 million kilo-watt hour (kWh) of electricity per day on an average during the first week of May when the temperature reached 37-38 degree Celsius, according to EVN. On May 8, electricity consumption in the city reached 64.8 million kWh, much higher than the highest electricity consumption during the first quarter of the year, which was recorded at 48.56 million kWh on January 5. It is also 20 per cent up from the highest electricity consumption in April, which was recorded at 50.5 million kWh on April 24. Since more heat waves have been forecast, EVN Hà Nội has set up hundreds of … [Read more...] about Hà Nội uses more electricity as temperature rises
PetroVietnam continues to show strong performance despite difficulties
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) pumped 4.8 million tonnes of crude oil in the first four months of 2018, exceeding the target by 1.7 per cent. This also accounted for 36.2 per cent of its annual goal. Domestic production fetched 4.16 million tonnes, 1.6 per cent higher than the target, while its exploitation abroad was 0.63 million tonnes, exceeding the target by 2.3 per cent. Alongside crude exploitation, all major business and production indicators of the firm also surpassed the targets. Gas production was 3.55 billion cubic metres, 4.7 per cent higher than the target and equivalent to 37 per cent of the yearly plan. From January to April, the group produced 7.73 billion kilo-watt hours of power, 549,000 tonnes of nitrogen and 2.32 million tonnes of petrol. Total revenue of PetroVietnam in the first four months of this year was VND177.1 trillion (US$7.79 billion), up by 12 per cent year-on-year. The firm contributed VND31.5 trillion to the State budget, a rise … [Read more...] about PetroVietnam continues to show strong performance despite difficulties
Renewable energy projects up in 10 months
An average of nine projects in power generation and distribution were registered every month since June 2017, according to the Vietnam Renewable Energy Report 2018. The report was released by the financial and business information corporation, Stoxplus. The registration of projects followed the Vietnamese government’s approval of the price of 9.35 US cents per kilo-watt hour Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar projects. According to Stoxplus, foreign and local investors are excited about renewable energy in Vietnam, which is expected to grow at 23.2 per cent annually during 2020-30. StoxPlus has identified 245 renewable energy projects in Vietnam at the moment, including wind and solar power as well as biomass electricity, which are being deployed at different stages. If all these projects begin operation, the total capacity of the country’s renewable energy should reach 23.2GW, which is nearly 10 times higher than the target of 2.65GW by 2020 as indicated in the Revised … [Read more...] about Renewable energy projects up in 10 months
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)