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The Government has just issued Decree No. 114/2021/ND-CP, dated December 16, 2021, on managing and using the official development assistance (ODA) capital and concessional loans of the foreign donors (replacing Decree 56). Government Decree 114 is an important legal basis for approving investment in O Mon 3 Thermal Power Plant, the key to solve congestion of the Block B - O Mon gas power project chain for soon starting this important gas power source.

The Government Office has just issued Announce No. 238/TB-VPCP on the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh at the meeting of the National Steering Committee on Electricity Development for reviewing the implementation of the key power projects and draft content of Power Development Planning VIII (PDP VIII).

Authorities in central Quang Ngai Province want more concessions for their Dung Quat oil refinery to match those given to a competitor.

According to the Binh Thuan provincial People's Committee (PPC), Binh Thuan province has 113 potential areas/projects for solar power with a total capacity of 11,648 MWp on an area of 14,198 ha, among which, there are 90 projects with a total capacity of 5,341.06 MWp on an area of 6,720.48 hectares and a total registered investment capital of137,208.85 billion VND, considered and approved by Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in the project "Solar Power Development Planning in Binh Thuan province up to 2020 with a vision to 2030".

Vietnamese Government has issued new Decree on Environmental Protective Fees (EPFs) in mining minerals, according to which the EPF for: crude oil is 100,000 dong/ton, natural and coal gases -  50 dong/m3, associated gas – 35 dong/m3.

Government Office has announced the conclusions of the Vice Prime Minister (VPM) Trinh Đinh Dung at the meeting on the thermal power projects under Duyen Hai Power Center and the project of transshipment port for coal supplying thermal power centers in Mekong river delta area, that VPM has agreed in principle to assign Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to additionally invest several new power generation projects approved in Power Planning VII revised.

To resolve in stock coal of Vinacomin, after balancing the domestic coal demand, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has petitioned the Government for  allowance to export coal.

The Government has agreed to allow the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Holding Corporation (Vinacomin) and Northeast Coal Corporation (NCC) to export 2 million tons of coal more in 2015.

On 17th September morning, the Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai chaired a meeting of the  State Steering Committee of the Nuclear Power Projects to review the progress of establishing a system of legal documents for these new and important  projects.