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On the occasion of visiting and working in the United States, in Washington, D.C., Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mr. Roger Jenkins - General Director of Murphy Oil (USA).

On the morning of April 03, Prime Minister (PM) Pham Minh Chinh presided over a meeting on electricity supply, coal and gas supply for power generation for ensuring a ‘great balance’ of energy in 2022 and the following years.

The Government Office has just issued an announcement No 55/TB-VPCP dated February 26, 2022, the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Le Van Thanh at the meeting on the completion of the national power development planning in the 2021 – 2030 period and vision to 2045 (PDP VIII).

On July 14, 2021, at the Government Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh chaired a meeting on the National Power Development Planning for period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2045 (PDP VIII).

The Prime Minister (PM) Pham Minh Chinh assigned the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Le Van Thanh to direct careful checking the content of Power Development Planning VIII (PDP VIII) with a target to ensure a suitability of practice and national interests, especially to remark anti-negativity in policy establishment.  PM also paid attention to careful studying electricity prices, reasonable structure of power plants (hydro, thermal and renewable power plants) and balance between regions to avoid wasting social resources.

The Prime Minister has just issued a document to agree with the proposal of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in principle on the ceiling price (maximum price) as 6.95 USCent/kWh for importing wind power from Laos. The average electricity price for the whole life of the project at the time of negotiation agreed between the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and investor must be not exceed this ceiling price.

The Prime Minister has accepted the suggestion of Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) for exporting 2.05 million tons of coal per year in 2016-2020 period including 2.0 million tons of Vinacomin and 50thousand tons of Northeast Corporation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has agreed with the proposal of Son La province on increasing the capacity of the Son La Hydropower Plant from 2,400 MW to 3,200 MW.

The Long An I & II power plant with a total capacity of 3000 MW and investment of about 3 billion USD is built at the location of Southeast Asia Industrial Service Area, under the Long An International Port Project.

On the afternoon of January 11, Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended Conference of Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) for summary of plan tasks in 2020 and deploying the tasks in 2021.

The Prime Minister (PM) has just assigned Petrovietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) to invest with Nhon Trach 3&4 TPPs which have been approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) for adjusting location of construction in Nhon Trach power center and agreed by PM for supplement into Power Development Planning VII (adjusted project).

On December 20, 2017, in the Government Office, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vuong Dinh Hue received Vice President of Exxon Mobil, Mr. Paul Greemwood. At the meeting Mr. Paul Greemwood confirmed that Exxon Mobil will continue to take interest in cooperation and investment with the partners in Vietnam coming time. DPM Vuong Dinh Hue thanked and high appreciated the support and assistaince of Exxon Mobil for Vietnam to sucessfuly organize APEC 2017 Summit.

On the occasion of attending the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE), in Shanghai City, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Mr. Dao Long Trung - Founder and chairman of New Energy Group Jiangsu (China).

Prime Minister (PM) has agreed on policy to invest a 100MW wind power project in Khai  Long tourist resort - Ca Mau province (phase 1). This project will be connected to the national power system and selling electricity to Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) through a power purchase contract.

On January 28, Prime Minister (PM) Pham Minh Chinh chaired an online meeting with ministries, agencies and 9 provinces to promote the implementation progress of 500 kV 3-circuit line projects from Quang Trach (Quang Binh province) to Pho Noi (Hung Yen Province) with the requirement: "Definitely the latest (June 30, 2024) to complete the project."