Low carbon transition in energy efficiency project gets longer

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The Deputy PM assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to inform the Danish side the extension of the project.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade was required to establish plans and supervise activities to ensure the completion of the project as scheduled..

The low carbon transition in energy efficiency sector in Viet Nam project has been signed by the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Buildings (MCEB) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in November 2012, funded by the Global Framework under the Climate Envelope 2012.

The project took place from January 2013 to December 2015 including an inception phase of 6 months, covering a total budget of DKK 65 million.

In alignment with the present cooperation within energy efficiency under the Danida climate change adaptation and mitigation program (2008-2015), this project provides targeted budget support to the Viet Nam Energy Efficiency Program (VNEEP, 2006-2015).

The project consists of two components: The first supports the Ministry of Industry and Trade in promoting energy efficiency in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) with a focus on the brick, ceramic and food processing sectors while the second provides support to the Ministry of Construction (MOC) in implementing the building codes for energy efficiency.

The development objective of the project is: “Improved energy efficiency in small and medium enterprises and buildings in Viet Nam contributes to sustainable development and a transition to a low carbon economy”. This objective is consistent with both the VNEEP phase 2 objectives and current Danida support to VNEEP.

By Thuy Dung