Ministry of Industry and Trade urges acceleration of power projects under Revised Power Development Plan VIII

Accelerating Power Generation and Grid Projects

For investors in power generation and transmission projects, the Ministry requires urgent measures to expedite project schedules and bring power plants into operation three to six months earlier than stipulated in the approved plan, while ensuring compliance with technical standards and construction quality. Any difficulties or obstacles must be clearly reported, along with proposed solutions to meet the required timelines.

Specifically:

1. LNG Power Projects: Investors in LNG-fired power projects are urged to accelerate implementation and commission their projects before January 1, 2031, to qualify for incentive mechanisms stipulated under Clauses 2 and 3, Article 15 of Government Decree No. 56/2025/ND-CP dated March 3, 2025, as amended by Decree No. 100/2025/ND-CP dated May 8, 2025.

Failure to meet the approved schedule will result in investors bearing full responsibility for project efficiency in accordance with prevailing laws at the time of commissioning.

2. Flexible Power Source Projects: Interested investors are requested to proactively coordinate with local authorities to identify project locations and promptly carry out investment preparation procedures, ensuring on-schedule operation as planned.

3. Power Grid Projects: Project owners must intensify efforts in construction investment to ensure both progress and quality, particularly for grid projects supplying electricity to the northern region and cross-border transmission projects importing power from Laos.

Responsibilities of Provincial and Municipal Authorities

Provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to strictly, decisively, and synchronously implement tasks and solutions assigned by the Prime Minister under Decision No. 768/QD-TTg dated April 15, 2025, as well as subsequent directives from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Planning Integration

Promptly incorporate power generation and grid projects identified in the revised PDP VIII into provincial master plans and relevant technical and sectoral plans, including construction, urban, rural, and land-use planning. Local authorities are also required to organize investor selection and allocate land resources for power infrastructure in accordance with legal regulations.

2. Clear Assignment of Responsibilities

Develop specific action plans, clearly defining responsibilities among provincial departments and local administrations at the commune level where projects are located, to ensure effective implementation of the revised PDP VIII and its implementation plan.

3. Projects Without an Approved Investment Policy or Selected Investors

Immediately initiate investor selection procedures in line with the revised PDP VIII. Authorities must clearly report reasons for delays, identify obstacles in approving investment policies or selecting investors, and propose alternative solutions to ensure power supply if projects fail to meet planned schedules.

4. Projects with Selected Investors

- Closely coordinate with investors to expedite appraisal of feasibility study reports, detailed engineering designs, and acceptance inspections in accordance with construction laws.

- Actively support land clearance, compensation, resettlement, and relocation activities for power generation and grid projects.

- Provide maximum facilitation to investors and contractors during construction to ensure projects are completed on schedule.

5. Projects Under Construction

Direct local authorities to mobilize maximum resources to resolve issues within their jurisdiction and support investors in bringing projects into operation as soon as possible. Local governments will bear full responsibility before the law, the Government, and the Prime Minister for delays relative to approved plans.

Implementation of the National Energy Policy Resolution

On December 11, 2025, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 253/2025/QH15 on mechanisms and policies for national energy development for the 2026–2030 period, effective from March 1, 2026. The Ministry of Industry and Trade requests local authorities to review and effectively implement the new provisions of the Resolution.

Resolution No. 253 allows for planning adjustments that do not alter major viewpoints, objectives, or strategic orientations, nor increase total installed capacity by power source type. Accordingly, local authorities are required to review projects that may need planning updates and prepare comprehensive assessments covering legal grounds, current status, project scale and timelines, impacts on regional power supply, and grids, proposed technical solutions, and socio-economic efficiency.

Relevant documentation must be finalized in line with delegated authority under Decree No. 56/2025/ND-CP and submitted to competent authorities for consideration once the Resolution takes effect, ensuring consistency among national power development planning, provincial planning, and related sectoral plans./.