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Vietnam, with a vibrant economy that is still recovering from the 30 year Indochina War and the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, is poised to become an important nation in the production of biofuels.
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Events
- 27-28 November 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam,10th Vietnam/Mekong OGP Summit.
News
- Small-scale biofuels production holds more promise, says USAID, 21 June 2009 by BusinessMirror: "Decentralized biofuel production, or small-scale factories built on degraded or underused lands, has the potential to provide energy to half a billion people living in poverty in rural Asia."
- "The report, Biofuels in Asia: An Analysis of Sustainability Options...focused on China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It analyzed key trends and concerns and highlighted sustainability options for biofuel production."
- "Compared with large-scale biofuels production, small-scale biofuels production for local use may deliver greater social benefits, including improvement of rural livelihoods, support of local industries, and a lower tendency toward exploitation of workers and co-opting of land from indigenous peoples."
- Powering the Mekong with rice husks, 21 September 2008 by Vietnam News Service: "As the search for alternate sources of fuel continues in earnest, Vietnamese scientists have found great potential for a source of power in the scourge of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta rivers – water hyacinths and rice husks."
- "Local authorities estimate that the Mekong Delta annually produces some 3.6 million tonnes of rice husk."
- A machine can process the plant waste into 'firewood'. "The cylindrical firewood pieces are about 73mm in diameter and 0.5 to one metre long each. One kilogramme of this firewood can be used to cook meals for four people for a whole day."[1]
- PetroVietnam sets up biofuel firm, 10 August 2008 by VietnamNet: "The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is establishing a biofuel production and distribution company....The company will produce ethanol, from cassava".
- "The project is a part of the biofuel development programme, ratified by the Government last year. The programme aims to develop strategies for 2015 with a vision to 2025 for the production of renewable energy and the partial replacement of traditional fuels."
- "As part of the programme, around 250,000 tonnes of ethanol and vegetable oil will be produced to meet 1 per cent of the country’s petroleum demand by 2015."
- "Viet Nam has the potential to develop biofuel from sugar cane, cassava and seaweed, among other sources. In addition, by-products like rubber, fish fat, and recycled lubricants can be used to manufacture fuels that replace petrol."[2]
- Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization, 10 January 2007.
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Companies
- Green Energy Ltd - a for-profit corporation engaged in two aspects of the biofuels industry, production of biofuel feedstocks on GEV agro-stations and the acquisition of feedstocks through forward contracts with independent producers, and refinement and sale of biodiesel in the transportation and stationary engine markets.
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