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Publish Date : 17-Apr-2017

The World Banks Board of Executive Directors today approved a $102 million loan to the government of Vietnam to support the effort of industrial enterprises to adopt energy-efficiency technologies and practices.

Under this project, industrial enterprises can access a new line of credit to fund their purchases of energy-efficiency and production-optimization technologies, thus reducing energy consumption and production costs and increasing their overall competitiveness in the domestic and international markets.

With the support of the project, financial institutions and industrial enterprises will be able to prepare, evaluate and appraise energy efficiency projects. This will create a new line of business for financing institutions, providing loans to support industrial energy-efficiency investments, which will enable them to scale up energy-efficiency lending to industries.

We are committed to support Vietnams drive to meet its future energy demand, and improving energy efficiency is the single best and cheapest option, because it will help consumers save energy and reduce the need for new thermal power generation, while also reducing pollution and mitigating the risks of climate change, said Ousmane Dione, the World Banks Country Director for Vietnam. If stronger programs and policies are put in place, businesses would also have the incentive to cut down on wasteful practices and adopt more energy-efficient technologies.

Funding under this project will be provided to participating financial institutions, which will then lend to industrial enterprises to invest in energy-efficient subprojects.

Of the $156.30 million, $100 million comes from the World Banks International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the financing resource for middle-income countries, and $1.7 million is from the International Development Association, the Banks fund for the poorest countries. The rest of the projects funding will come from the Vietnam government and participating financial institutions.

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