It is the first time in the world that a common form of glass with a transparent power generating coat has been built. Experts of New Energy Technologies Company believe that it is a very promising application in practice.

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According to the latest report of Grant Thornton auditing and consulting company on September 9th, the insecure situation in the Middle East and North Africa had affected world oil prices and fifty per cent of businesses in Vietnam were ready to invest in renewable energy sources.

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Southeast Asian nations are looking to attract foreign investment in solar power to exploit the region's huge renewable energy potential.

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Danish energy technology and financial support would help Viet Nam harness its largely untapped wind resources, said chief advisor of Danish Export Credit Agency Jorn Fredsgaard Sorensen.

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Export processing zones (EPZ) and industrial zones (IZs) in the south of Vietnam now focus on attracting hi-tech and environment friendly projects. Meanwhile, big industrial projects such as Holcim, Akzo Nobel have been trying to renovate their production technologies in order to build up green IZs.

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Vietnam still has no standard available to assess green buildings in urban areas and high-rise constructions, said the Vietnam Architects Association.

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Experts are urging the Government to provide industry with tax breaks and access to credit to encourage the use of energy-efficient technologies.

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Vietnam and Laos have agreed to cooperate in developing power projects between the two countries. The agreement was reached by the Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong and the Lao working delegation led by Minister of Energy and Mining, Sulyvong Dalavong during talks in Vientiane on October 24.

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HCMC will set aside an amount of VND1 trillion for renewable energy projects following approval from the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the city’s power development plan for the 2011-2015 period.As part of this plan, HCMC will build a plant producing power from garbage in Hiep Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex in Cu Chi District with a maximum capacity of 40MW. The city will also focus on generating energy from garbage, wind, solar power not only to produce energy but also to solve environmental problems.

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10% is the rate of the trade and services sector’s energy consumption. And this rate will increase by 3.6 times in the next 10 years. These numbers will create enormous pressure on the improvement of air quality in particular and energy security of our country in general.

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