The Challenges of Energy Transition in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Agence française de développement (AFD), Global Development Network (GDN), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), École française d’Extrême-Orient (ÉFEO), Université of Nantes, Agricultural Research for Developement (CIRAD) and Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) have decided to give their support to the Regional Social Sciences Summer University, referred to as “Tam Đảo”, in the framework of partnership agreement. This partnership has the objectives of developing a multi-disciplinary training of excellence, creating a platform for debate, and attracting a wide academic and non-academic audience from across Southeast Asia.

This work contains a verbatim account of the presentations and debates from 8th to 16th July 2016 at the University of Duy Tân (Đà Nẵng) on the topic of energy transition. Four main areas of reflection are prioritised in the framework of the thematic workshop: (i) Tools for a Local Approach to Energy Transition; (ii) Tools of Analysis for Biomass Energy Sector; (iii) The Use of Computer Models for Support in Energy Prospective and Accompanying Transition Policies; (iv) Training for Field Inquiries. Biogas Programmes in the rural Communes of the Rural District of Hoà Vang, Đà Nẵng Province (Việt Nam).