Experts hail Vietnam's power plan for carbon neutrality

HANOI, May 18 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Vietnam has laid out a blueprint to boost renewable energy growth and slash coal-fired electricity generation, which experts said would facilitate its efforts to reach the climate target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, Xinhua quoted the Vietnam News report.

Ha Dang Son, head of the Centre for Energy and Green Growth Research, noted that coal-fired power output would drop to 20 per cent of the power supply by 2030 from almost half now, while the share of renewable energy in the country's power mix would be raised to about 70 per cent.