National program on economical and efficient use of energy approved

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One of the program’s main tasks is to build a Vietnamese energy data center, as well as databases and information technology applications on energy and energy efficiency. Specifically, the program will developenergy statistics and establish national and sectoral database systems on energy and economical and efficient use of energy, while building coordination and information sharing mechanisms between databases on energy & energy effciency and other databases. In addition, the program will develop and guide the use of softwares in managing and updating data on economic and efficient use of energy, ensuring that they are suitable to energy users and energy management agencies from the central to local levels.

Another major task of the program is to strengthen capabilities in the economical and efficient use of energy,  through training and building capacity for officials and focal agencies on economical and efficient use of energy in organizing the management and implementation of the State’s regulations on economical and efficient use of energy.

Furthermore, the program will implement other major tasks, including inspecting, supervising, urging and guiding the implementation and evaluation of the implementation results of legal regulations on economical and effective use of energy; boosting communication to raise public awareness about economical and efficient use of energy; and strengthen international cooperation in the field of using energy economically and effectively.

By Vien Nhu