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Day: June 8, 2024

Vietnam’s zero-VND feed-in-tariffs plan for rooftop solar dumped

The plan was issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and was designed to tackle the issue of over production that surfaced in Central Vietnam several years ago. Said over production, however, was more the result of projects being approved outside of the plans and policies that were in place for solar power development. Specifically, the Government Inspectorate found that the Power Development Plan 7 had set out to see 850 MW of solar power by 2020, however, a total of 168 solar projects with a total capacity of 14,707 MW were approved in that time…

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Vietnam e-commerce traders struggle to profit on Amazon: state media

A recurring theme in the local media has been the challenges local firms face accessing markets overseas. More free trade agreements should, and does, mean greater market access in other parts of the world, however, in most developed markets quality requirements are much higher than they are in Vietnam. Whereas this does incentivise local producers to improve the quality of their products, improving the quality of their products comes at a financial cost…

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