Hanoi (VNA) – Vice PresidentDang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted a reception for Andy Kinsella, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power, in Hanoi on November 20.

The official spoke highly of the Irishcompany’s investment in Vietnam in the renewable energy industry, which the countryhas huge demand for and many Irish businesses boast strength in.

She highlighted that electricity is amongvital demands in Vietnam’s sustainable development orientations, highly valuingthe feasibility of Mainstream Renewable Power’s current wind energy project.

The Vice President voiced her hope that thecompany’s project will promptly go into operation.

Vietnam’s Phu Cuong Group and the Irishcompany recently signed a cooperation deal worth 2 billion USD to build andoperate a wind farm with a capacity of 800 MW in the southern province of SocTrang.

Irish Ambassador to Vietnam John McCullagh,who also joined the reception, said both Vietnam and Ireland are facingchallenges in diversifying energy sources and coping with climate change impact.

For his part, Kinsella said the project hascompleted its survey and socio-economic impact study as well as worked with Vietnam’srelevant agencies.

He spoke highly of Vietnam’s potential indeveloping wind energy, adding that the company is willing to support thecountry in this field./.