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Information from the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said: On the morning of June 28, in Hanoi, under the witness of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary, Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, EVN General Director Tran Dinh Nhan attended the ceremony to exchange power purchase agreement (PPA) between EVN and hydropower investors in Laos.

The central province of Quang Tri has been luring strategic investors who have potential in capital and technology to involve in large-scale wind power projects.

On the basis of the supplement to the power development plan of Tay Ninh province in the period of 2011-2015, with the vision to 2020 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, up to now, Tay Ninh province has attracted over 14,300 billion of 3 enterprises to invest in solar power projects with a total capacity of 560 MWp in semi- flooded area of Dau Tieng reservoir, belonging to Duong Minh Chau and Tan Chau districts.

Speaking at the working meeting with Chinese Sungrow Power group, Mr. Luong Van Hai, Vice Chairman of Binh Thuan Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) said, this province always “opens the door” for capable and financially viable partners to invest in wind and solar power projects in the province.

Investors have shown interest in solar energy sector in the central coast province of Khanh Hoa, with about 10 solar projects applying for investment licenses in the province.

In the first week of October 2019, many international investors paid special attention to shares of Nhon Trach 2 Petroleum Power Joint Stock Company (NT2). Specifically, the Panah Fund with a Headquarter in the Cayman Islands currently holding 1.9% of NT2 stock met and had a dialogue with NT2. Following, the Japanese Great Wall Company also came to learn information about production and business activities of NT2 in recent years.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just issued a document proposing the investors of coal-fired power plants develop a fuel conversion plan. Specifically, converting coal fuel to biomass fuel and ammonia when the power plant has operated for 20 years. And proposing to develop a plan to stop operation when the plant has operated for coal power plants that cannot convert fuel, or do not capture CO2 when the plants have operated for 40 years.

The Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV) – Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) clears the petitions of 36 investors of the transitional solar and wind power projects submitted to the Prime Minister (PM). The Vietnam Energy Magazine cites the original explanation of ERAV for reference of the readers:

Today, Dak Lak province has identified the locations, adjusted the capacities and increased the number of solar power projects to numeral 18, occupying an area of 7,494 ha. The most of this area is poorer land, with not effective agricultural and forestry production in Ea Sup, Buon Don, Krong Bong districts…

After highly agreeing to propose the Prime Minister agreed to transfer the investor of O Mon 3 and O Mon 4 gas-fired thermal power projects from the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN). Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha proposed the two sides urgently transfer all the implementation results, as well as the obligations and responsibilities of the investor related to these two projects.

Information from Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee (PPC) said that the leaders of Sermsang Group, AGR Group and ETS Holding Co., Ltd (Thailand) had a meeting with Mr. Le Truong Luu, Secretary of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee and other leaders with a proposal to invest in a petrochemical center in Thua Thien Hue province.