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Vietnam hosts the fourth edition of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Summit

Vietnam hosts the fourth edition of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Summit sustainable urban mobility

Renewable Energy Vietnam 2018 to re-launch with over 60% booths reserved HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, March 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — To be launched from 12 to 14 September 2018, Vietnam’s International Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Exhibition (RE & EE Vietnam) returns to Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Amongst the emerging markets in the

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Vietnam’s Five Year Plan Towards Sustainable Mobility

Vietnam Five Year Plan Towards Sustainable urban Mobility electric vehicle hybrid bus

Vietnam has a problem. Between now and 2050, its economy may see the strongest growth globally, according to a February 2017 forecast by PricewaterhouseCoopers. But that may also see its air pollution crisis worsening further.   Urbanisation Challenges Vietnam counts two cities ranked in the top 20 of Numbeo’s 2017 Pollution Index. Its largest city, Ho Chi Minh, is the most polluted city

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Vietnamese Taxi Company’s Ambition to Replace Fleet with 10,000 Electric Cars

Vietnamese Taxi Company Mai Linh Ambition to Replace Fleet with 10,000 Renault Fluence Electric Cars

Governments around the Asia region are driving electric-mobility initiatives to reduce reliance on fossil fuel and air pollution. In Beijing, the government aims to gradually begin replacing the 67,000 petrol-powered taxis on the capital’s roads starting this year. Meantime, Singapore launched the biggest electric taxi fleet in South East Asia, with the nation’s only electric taxi operator quadrupling its fleet of

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Hanoi Rejects Proposal to Increase Tourist Ferrying Electric Cars

Hanoi Rejects Proposal to Increase Tourist Ferrying Electric Cars

Vietnam’s online news portal VietnamNet reports on the Capital City’s People’s Committee rejected a proposal to increase the number of electric cars to boost Hanoi’s tourism. Electric Car Tour  Proposal Đồng Xuân Joint Stock Company submitted a proposal to increase the number of electric cars to boost Hà Nội’s tourism. The proposal also includes opening of electric car routes from

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Vietnam’s Automakers Face Challenging Times with Future Trade Agreements

Vietnam’s automobile production was low in Southeast Asia, compared to 1.91 million cars in Thailand, 1.1 million in Indonesia, and 615,000 in Malaysia. 2 main causes of the slow development of Vietnam’s automobile industry: Lack of Parts manufacturers Transport infrastructure. Vietnam has 17 auto assembling companies but it has only 33 supporting industrial companies of level 1 and 181 companies of

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Apple Planning Asia-Focused Database Centre and R&D facility in Vietnam

Apple continues to focus on digital sales and services in emerging markets, a report on Friday claims the company is mulling an expansion into Vietnam that would see the creation of a $1 billion database centre and R&D facility. Apple’s apparent interest in Da Nang province reportedly came up in the minutes of a local government meeting concerning foreign direct investment earlier this

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ASEAN Auto Tariff Expands Free Zone in 2018

Thailand-based OEMs are set to benefit from the expansion of an existing auto tariff-free zone to ASEAN members Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam in 2018. Thailand is a regional production and export hub for the world’s top automakers, including Japan’s Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Nissan, as well as U.S.-based General Motors, primarily Chevrolet, and Ford. According to global market-research firm IHS, Thai

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