One batch of refrigerators (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Four groups of equipment and vehicles must have energylabels, according to a recent decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
They include home appliances, office and commercial appliances, industrialappliances and transport vehicles.
Energy labels are compulsory for strait tube fluorescent lamps, compact tubefluorescent lamps, electromagnetic and electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps,air-conditioners, rice cookers, electric fans, refrigerators, washing machines,televisions, three-phase distribution transfomers and electric motors. They are mandatory from January 1, 2020 forLED lighting products and hot water storage tanks.
Regarding office appliances, energy labels must be on commercial refrigerators.Photocopiers, computer desktops and printers will receive energy rating labelson a voluntary basis. Laptops must have the stickers from January 1, 2020.
Seven-seater cars and smaller ones are required to carry energy rating labels.Meanwhile, labeling for those with more than seven seaters to nine seaters willbe voluntary until December 31, 2017 and for motorcycles until December 31,2019.
Energy labels are required on those cars from January 1, 2018 and motorcyclesfrom January 1,2020.
According to a 2011 Government Decree, most energy-consuming products arerequired to carry energy rating labels before being sold on the market. Theselabels provide consumers with information about power consumption and theproducts’ energy efficiency.
Vietnam is following in the footstep of other countries like the US, EUnations, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, India and Thailand, where energylabeling has been successful.-VNA
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