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On October 13, 2017, the Sao Mai group and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have signed an agreement on cooperating investment in a largest in Vietnam Solar Power Project of 210 MW with a total value of US$ 193.35 million in Tinh Bien district, An Giang province. The project is financed by USAID through Low Emission Energy Program for Vietnam (V- LEEP).

On Sept. 20, 2017, in Hanoi, the World Bank (WB) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) launched a campaign to promote the deployment of renewable energy by the installation of five stations for measuring solar radiation across the entire territory of Vietnam. These stations will collect solar radiation data with a high quality, which help to improve accuracy of estimating solar energy sources. The collected data will be free online provided to encourage and support investors in developing the solar power projects in Vietnam.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the United Kingdom (UK), the Dragon Capital Group (DCG) and the Energy Conservation Center (ECC), Ho Chi Minh City have announced a program on supporting Vietnam's businesses in solar power development.

Trina Solar Co., Ltd (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), the world leading PV and smart energy total solutions provider, is the top solar company with more than 50 GW installed globally and is planning to further strengthen its leadership position in Vietnam market by recruiting Vietnam distribution partners.

In its report on "Strategy and competitive bidding framework for solar power projects in Vietnam", the World Bank (WB) has proposed two options for implementing the solar power projects: (1) Competitive bidding for solar parks and (2) Competitive bidding by transformer substations. According to the World Bank, these approaches will resolve issue on “deflation”, as well as improve sharing risks between the state and private investors.

The Governing Council of the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) has approved a fund US$ 1.5 million for supporting the World Bank (WB) and the Vietnamese Government to implement the Solar Pilot Auction Program. 

To further push forward the solar power development in Vietnam and facilitate the collaboration between local and international, Neoventure International as the organizer, is planning the seventh RE series event in Vietnam - Vietnam Solar Power Expo 2019, which will be scheduled on National Convention Center on 25-26 September, 2019. 

According to Vietnam News Agency (VNA), on September 11, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement worth 13.8 million USD to finance Vietnam Green Yellow Smart Solutions Company (Green Yellow) to deploy the rooftop solar power system for increasing the clean energy supply at affordable prices for business and manufacturing customers. This is ADB's first grant in its rooftop solar power investment portfolio for the production and business segment in Vietnam.

From the results of the international conference "Policies for developing the wind, solar and gas power projects in Vietnam" organized by the Department of Electricity and Renewable Energy - Ministry of Industry and Trade, Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Magazine at the end of August 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Conference Organizing Committee has reported to the Prime Minister and the Central Economic Commission on mechanisms and policies for developing these power projects in coming time.

On August 30, 2022, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Electricity and Renewable Energy (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in collaboration with the Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Review, the Energy Information Centre held the International conference with the object "Policies for developing the wind, solar and gas power projects in Vietnam". The conference was divided into three sessions (two morning sessions and one afternoon session).

On November 13, 2019, at the Government Headquarter, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the Meeting of the standing members of the government on the Draft of Solar Power Development Promotion Mechanism in Vietnam, applied from the 1/7/2019, following the Decision No. 11/2017 / QD-TTg dated 11/4/2017 of the Prime Minister (Decision 11). 

Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) has just sent to the Prime Minister the official Document No 48/HHNL- VP dated on September 25, 2019 for suggesting a proposal of a mechanism to encourage development of solar power projects in Vietnam.

On 25-26 September, 2019, at National Convention Center, Hanoi, Neoventure Corporation will organize the seventh RE series event in Vietnam under the name "Vietnam Solar Power Expo 2019".

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. is a reputable and innovative solar module manufacturer in the world has just held two technical roadshows in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi cities with around 300 attendees including EPCs, investors, developers, project owners and technical consultants. 

Hanoi, 26 Sept 2023, Solar Electric Vietnam JSC (SEV)- a Vietnam leading EPC contractor in the solar market, has signed a comprehensive agreement with Huawei and JJ-Lapp with the purpose of applying cutting-edge technology from Huawei and JJ-Lapp for its future solar rooftop projects.