The INDC submitted by the DPR of Korea, include adaptation and mitigation strategies and goals to respond to climate change. In particular, the country is committed to unconditionally reduce GHG emissions by 8.0% by 2030 compared to the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Business as Usual scenario (BAU). The conditional contributions could be increased to 40.25% with international support.

This Decree stipulates regulations on gas business and requirements for gas trading in Vietnam. Gas refers to liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas.

This policy provides with provisions under the project for restructuring Vietnam power sector for the cause of industrialization, modernization and sustainable development towards 2020 and for visions extended to 2030. It includes provisions on pricing, investment, technology priorities, and general management and governance restructuring principles.

This Resolution deals with the results of the implementation of the 2015 Socio-Economic Development Plan. It recognizes that still much needs to be done to achieve economic growth and to ensure sustainable development. It also targets energy efficiency objectives and the responsible use of environmental resources.

This Decree provides statistical work on energy use; major energy users; economical and efficient use of energy in state budget-funded agencies and units; energy labeling of energy-consuming devices and equipment; measures to promote economical and efficient use of energy; and examination and inspection of economical and efficient use of energy.

The Decision of the Prime Minster No. 403/QD-TTg of 2016 to approve the adjusted master plan on development of Vietnam’s coal industry through 2020, with prospects toward 2030 taken into consideration

This Plan is targeted to incrementally build and develop a nuclear power industry in Vietnam, while assuring safe management and effective operation of nuclear power plants. This will be done by raising the participation of domestic industries in the execution of projects to build nuclear power plants and striving to assume the tasks of designing, manufacturing, building, installing, operating and maintaining nuclear power plants.

This Circular regulates procedures for registration, evaluation, certification, suspension of certificates, nomination for conducting test and energy labeling for vehicle and appliances under obligatory energy labeling list, issued by the Prime Minister or other voluntary energy labeling (hereinafter referred to as vehicle, equipment).

The Program is targeting the achievement of two main goals. It aims to deploy in synchronization the programs in depth, remove barriers, create breakthrough changes in improving end-use efficiency, with focus on the areas of: Industrial manufacturing; large energy-consuming buildings; transportation; services, household; popularization of energy saving, high performance equipment and facility. Also, it pursues to achieve the goal of total energy saving in the whole country and in large energy consuming individual sectors, to bring social and economic benefits; to contribute to reduce investment in energy supply system development, to ensure energy security, and environmental protection; the rational exploitation of energy resources, and sustainability for socio-economic development. The Programme also lists implementing Projects for energy efficiency awareness and use; for the development and dissemination of high-performance, energy-saving equipment, gradual phase out of low-performance equipment; for energy saving and efficiency in buildings; for promoting energy efficiency in the transportation sector.