On the sidelines of the recent Southeast Asia Forum organized by the French Senate and Business France, the Vietnamese delegation, led by Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, held meetings with French energy corporations such as Perenco, Electricite de France (EDF), Air Liquide, and Hydrogen de France (HDF).

A water leakage that shut down a hydropower plant in central Thua Thien-Hue Province last week was connected to a series of earthquakes and seismic events since 2012.