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Steel industry consumes huge power

HCMC – The steel industry consumes up to 6% of total power consumption of Vietnam’s industrial production, said Le Hoang Viet, a specialist from the Center for Energy Conservation Research and Development (Enerteam).

Power-saving device useless; meter-freezing is not

Power-saving device useless; meter-freezing is not

Special devices are sold that can help freeze the power meter and thus ‘steal’ electricity

Consumers find power-saving devices a scam

Consumers find power-saving devices a scam

Special devices are sold that can help freeze the power meter and thus ‘steal’ electricity

Poor law enforcement slows energy saving

Poor law enforcement slows energy saving

Nearly half of the households in HCM City have joined this year's campaign to improve energy efficiency and conservation, but the campaign has been hampered by poor law enforcement and collaboration among local authorities, local reports say.

Project aims to save power

Two major streets in HCM City have been chosen for carrying out a pilot power-saving programme that will have businesses and parks use less electricity during peak hours.

HCM City power savings yield results

HCM City has saved 69 million kWh of electricity in the first quarter of the year under a campaign calling on city residents and enterprises to save electricity, says Nguyen Van Ly, deputy general director of the HCM City Power Corporation.

City to reward power savers

City to reward power savers

Households that cut their power consumption by 10 per cent or more will be rewarded under a campaign launched to partially offset power outages facing the city.

Thrifty use urged to avoid power outages

Economising on household electricity consumption will help HCM City avoid shortages this summer, a power-utility official has said.

Thrifty use will help HCM City avoid power outages: officials

Economising on household electricity consumption would help HCM City avoid shortages this summer, a power-utility official has said.

$1.4 for the poor amid record power price hike

$1.4 for the poor amid record power price hike

Every poor household will be granted VND30,000 per month as an allowance for their power consumption

From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of