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VN borrows US$ 102 million for energy efficiency

VGP – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $102 million loan to the Vietnamese Government to support the effort of industrial enterprises to adopt energy-efficiency technologies and practices.

April 17, 2017 1:07 PM GMT+7

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Under this project, industrial enterprises can access a new line of credit to fund their purchases of energy-efficiency and production-optimization technologies, thus reducing energy consumption and production costs and increasing their overall competitiveness in the domestic and international markets.

With the support of the project, financial institutions and industrial enterprises will be able to prepare, evaluate and appraise energy efficiency projects. This will create a new line of business for financing institutions, providing loans to support industrial energy-efficiency investments, which will enable them to scale up energy-efficiency lending to industries.

“We are committed to support Viet Nam’s drive to meet its future energy demand, and improving energy efficiency is the single best and cheapest option, because it will help consumers save energy and reduce the need for new thermal power generation, while also reducing pollution and mitigating the risks of climate change,” said Ousmane Dione, the World Bank’s Country Director for Viet Nam.

“If stronger programs and policies are put in place, businesses would also have the incentive to cut down on wasteful practices and adopt more energy-efficient technologies,” Mr. Ousmane Dione added.

Of the US$158 million, US$100 million comes from the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the financing resource for middle-income countries, and $1.7 million is from the International Development Association, the Bank’s fund for the poorest countries.

The rest of the project’s funding will come from the Vietnamese Government and participating financial institutions./.

By Kim Anh