RoK, Southeast Asian countries share experience in developing sustainable energy
The Sustainable Energy Technology Training (SETT) programme was organised in HCM City from November 30 to December 2.

Experts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and some Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia participated the programme to share experience in sustainabe energy technology.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK and the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology were key partners in supporting the SETT Programme.
The programme aims to popularise the role and targets of the National Research Council of Science & Technology and other Korean energy research institutes for increasing developing nations’ capacity to manage and develop sustainable energy.
Participants elaborated on the concept of sustainable energy, as well as tools, technologies and solutions for sustainable energy development.
They will also propose projects with international development donors, aiming to promote sustainable energy technologies suitable to each Southeast Asian nation.
According to an official from the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology, with its current energy consumption, Vietnam will become an energy importer in the future, so it is necessary to cut the use of scarce natural resources in order to address the issue.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK and the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology were key partners in supporting the SETT Programme.
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Participants elaborated on the concept of sustainable energy, as well as tools, technologies and solutions for sustainable energy development.
They will also propose projects with international development donors, aiming to promote sustainable energy technologies suitable to each Southeast Asian nation.
According to an official from the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology, with its current energy consumption, Vietnam will become an energy importer in the future, so it is necessary to cut the use of scarce natural resources in order to address the issue.

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