Sustainability

In a quite near future, we will be facing more challenges in our power sector in order to meet the rising demand for energy consumption for our economic development. The primary energy resources are being exhausted, especially oil and gas which may lead to the significant import of fossil fuels in the near future. Therefore, the trend of developing renewable energy in the world, including wind power, is a breakthrough solution,” Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of Renewable Energy Center, Institute of Energy, stated. The vision of the government to move away from a fossil fuels-based energy mix was formalized last year under Resolution 55, which established the long-term targets for Vietnam’s green transition. The vision and targets of Resolution 55 should be supported by the much-awaited Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8), which is expected to be finalized later this year. Installation of an offshore wind project The latest draft of PDP8 saw the introduction of a new form … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s future transition to offshore wind auctions

Cloud adoption Findings from the Carbon Reduction Opportunity of Moving to the Cloud for APAC report by 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, found that on average, organisations moving their business applications from on-premises data centres to cloud infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific can expect to reduce their energy use and associated carbon footprint by 78 per cent. Furthermore, if cloud operations in the Asia-Pacific could be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, moving compute workloads to the cloud would further boost emissions savings up to 93 per cent for average Asia-Pacific companies in a region where procuring renewable energy remains challenging. Commissioned by AWS, the study surveyed over 500 companies across the Asia-Pacific, spanning a variety of industries across Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Ken Haig, head of Energy Policy for Asia-Pacific and Japan, AWS “Customers in the Asia-Pacific who move … [Read more...] about Moving to AWS Cloud a chance for companies in Asia-Pacific to reduce carbon footprint

Experts discussed the demand for skilled workforce in the manufacturing and processing industry In the first six months of this year, foreign investors poured capital into 18 industries in Vietnam, led by the manufacturing and processing industry with a total investment of $6.98 billion, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam. “Vietnam has steadily turned into a manufacturing hotspot in Asia, due to its relatively large, young, and cost-competitive workforce, attractive tax regime, stable political environment, geographical advantages, and open trade policies,” Simon Matthews, regional manager of ManpowerGroup Vietnam, Thailand and Middle East shared with the webinar on July 22 with the Institute of Labour and Social Affairs under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social affairs (MoLISA). He highlighted that the strong foreign direct investment (FDI) flows helped create more business and job opportunities for Vietnamese amongst the global pandemic. … [Read more...] about Meeting skilled workforce demand in manufacturing and processing industry

Phan Văn Đúc celebrates after scoring a goal for Việt Nam. Đức wil join  in the beach clean-up campaign in six coastal central provinces in September. Photo courtesy of Sports and Culture Newspaper THỪA THIÊN HUẾ – National footballer Phan Văn Đức will  join local communities and young people in a beach clean-up campaign in Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces from July to September Đức, who plays for national premier V 1 League Sông Lam Nghệ An, will be the ambassador for the clean-up programme in coastal-central Việt Nam. He will encourage local communities to keep their white sand beaches pristine and garbage free. The campaign will include tree planting and building much-needed facilities at the beaches to serve local people and tourists during the summer. He will be at the official event in September, according to the event’s organisers. The beach clean-up programme, which is an initiative of Carlsberg Việt Nam, is … [Read more...] about Central beach clean-up campaign launched

Young volunteers help farmers consume farm produce (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued the Vietnamese Youth Development Strategy for the 2021-2030 period under Decision No.1331/QD-TTg. The strategy aims to build a contingent of Vietnamese youths who have a strong sense of patriotism, strong will, national pride, revolutionary ideals, aspirations, moral virtues, good health and lifestyle, dynamism, creativity, and science-technology mastery. It outlines six key tasks, including raising their awareness of laws, offering legal assistance and fair access to study opportunities and innovations, improving vocational training quality and creating sustainable jobs, developing young and quality human resources, protecting and improving their health and spiritual lives, and upholding their role in socio-economic development and national defence. Annually, over 80 percent of young people in urban areas, 70 percent in rural areas and … [Read more...] about PM issues youth development strategy for 2021-2030