Logo & slogan design contest launched to promote power saving
The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the World Bank, and the Vietnam Fine Arts Association, on October 28 launched a logo and slogan design contest to encourage people to cultivate power-saving habit.
At the launching ceremony for the logo and slogan design contest (Photo: VTV)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaborationwith the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the World Bank, and the Vietnam Fine ArtsAssociation, on October 28 launched a logo and slogan design contest toencourage people to cultivate power-saving habit.
Entries should be sent to the organising board no later than 17:00 on December5, 2020. An awarding ceremony will be held in December.
In his speech at the launching ceremony, Director of theMinistry of Industry and Trade’s Energy Efficiency and Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment Phuong Hoang Kim said the contest aims to select the best logo andslogan which manifest the significance of power saving to the nation’ssocio-economic development.
Meanwhile, EVN general director Vo Quang Lam said energy efficiency is thecornerstone of building a secure and sustainable energy system, while savingpower is billed as one of the most effective measures.
Vietnam is currently home to 5,000 key corporations, which consume 35 percentof the nation’s total electricity, he said, adding measures to save power inproduction is necessary to ensure energy security while reduce burden for bothbusinesses and electricity sector.
In the past years, the Vietnamese Government has carried out a wide range ofprogrammes to promote effective use of energy, such as the Vietnam NationalEnergy Efficiency Programme (VNEEP), which was implemented during 2006-2015,helps save 15 million tonnes of oil, as well as reduce 3.4 percent and 5.65percent of power during 2005-2010 and 2011-2015, respectively.
Most recently, it issued Directive No.20/CT-TTg, calling on the whole nation tosave at least 2 percent of the total energy consumption each year. The PM’s directive comes in the wake ofconcerns over power supplies due to hydropower plants affected by climatechange. The scale of renewable energy like wind and solar power is stilllimited while many technical barriers remain./.
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At the launching ceremony for the logo and slogan design contest (Photo: VTV) 
