HANOI:  , Police in Vietnam will examine 32 clean energy projects as part of an anti-graft probe at the Southeast Asian country’s ministry of industry and trade, the government said on Tuesday ( Aug 13 ).
A group of wealthy countries pledged to increase at least US$ 15.5 billion to support it extricate it off fossil fuels, while Vietnam has committed to reaching net-zero coal emissions by 2050.
According to separate energy think tank Ember, solar and wind power generated tenfold more electricity than some East Asian peers between 2015 and 2023, on par with the world average and above some East Asian peers.
But, fuel imports likewise surged this month, according to federal data.
In recent years, the Communist Party of Vietnam has led a crackdown on corruption, with the arrest of thousands of people, including top business leaders and top officials.
To Lam, the party’s new president, who succeeded Nguyen Phu Trong as the party’s general secretary in July, has stated that he is determined to accelerate up the campaign.