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A debate has been raised in response to the recent release of the UNDP’s report on the energy situation in Vietnam. The report says the government spends $1.2-4.5 billion a year for fuel subsidies.

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 US scientists may have found a new way to produce clean energy by way of dirty water, according to a new study out Monday.

Vietnam has intensified the research on gas hydrate on its waters and continental shelf.

Energy usage contributes up to 35 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions in Viet Nam, Dr Nguyen Thi Hien Thuan from the Viet Nam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment told an ASEAN+3 workshop