Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed the Decision for approving the Vietnam National Power Development Planning in the period 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050 (PDP VIII). The following are some main contents of the PDP VIII.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai signed and promulgated Decision No. 05/2024/QD-TTg regulating the mechanism for adjusting the average retail electricity price (replacing Decision 24/2017/QD-TTg). This decision takes effect from May 15, 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Decision 1447/QD-TTg dated November 22, 2023, to establish the State Steering Committee for important national and key energy projects.

The Government Office has just sent the Notice of Conclusion No. 457TB-VPCP of the Government Permanent on solutions to ensure electricity supply in 2024. Below is the main content of the Conclusion.

In a report sent to the Prime Minister, the Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Magazine said: The key of Block B Chain needs an Investment Decision (FID) to deploy the general domestic and international contractor package at the upstream stage, as a basis for the synchronous implementation of component projects in the entire Block B - O Mon project chain, including a pipeline system transporting gas from offshore to O Mon (midstream stage) and power plants in O Mon and Can Tho (downstream stage). After analyzing the necessary and sufficient conditions to have FID, from the downstream side (4 power plants), and the upstream side (Block B project), as well as time pressure and progress, the Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Review has proposed to the Prime Minister to consider the direct following specific contents: