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LONGi, the world leading solar technology company headquartered in Xi’an, China, has partnered with Solar Electric Vietnam JSC (SEV) to supply 534kWp rooftop solar system to AEON Mall’s recently opened Hai Phong Le Chan Branch, marks a beginning of AEON’s mandate to reduce its carbon footprint in Vietnam. 

On March 3, 2023, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Minister Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a meeting with the leaders of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), and Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (TKV), Power Generation 1, Power Generation 2, Power Generation- 3 Joint Stock Company, TKV Power Company, PVN Power Company, Northeast Coal Corporation; Ninh Binh Fertilizer Single Company Limited, Ha Bac Fertilizer and Chemical Joint Stock company and a number of the coal-fired thermal power plants on the coal supply and coal import for electricity and nitrogen fertilizer production.

On May 9, Mr. Tran Dinh Nhan, General Director and Mission of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and worked with Vinacomin leaders in Hanoi and Coal Northeast Corporation (CNC) in Quang Ninh, on coal supply for power generation, especially in the peak hot months of 2023.

At the conference to review the plans in 2016 of Ministry of Resources and Environment, the Vietnam Geology and Mineral Department informed “At present, there have been identified 55 coal strata placed in 5 stratum groups from the surface to the depth of 1200 meters in mainland part of the Red River coal basin”.

Vietnam National Coal and Minerals Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) speeds up to perfrm the coal export contracts to rapidly release high-quality coal dust and lump coal in stock.

The Minister of Industry and Trade has just issued a Decision approving the coal price framework and electricity generation price framework in 2023. Accordingly, the coal price is 1,808,000 VND/ton, the electricity generation price framework for coal-fired power plants is 0 - 1,559.70 VND/kWh and the electricity generation price range for hydropower plants is 0 - 1,110 VND/kWh (the above price framework does not include value added tax (VAT) and other related taxes and costs).

A conference to agree and sign a cooperation agreement between Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), South East Coal Trading Company (SECTC – Dong Bac Corporation) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), on long-term coal supply for Thermal power plants using anthracite coal in EVN has just taken place in Hanoi.

In the first eight months of 2021, gas demand for power generation declined due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that negatively affected state budget revenues and the economy, as well as implementation of the national energy strategy.

More businesses and households in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho are installing solar panels to reduce monthly electricity costs.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just updated the electricity supply plan for production, business and people's daily activities in the last months of 2023 and forecast for 2024 to the Prime Minister. The report specifically noted that In 2024, electricity shortages may still occur in June and July.

On 17th September, the United States Trading and Development Agency (USTDA) and the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV under MoIT) signed an  agreement on  a $ 1.2 million feasibility study and pilot project on an automated demand response (ADR) which will be carried out by Honeywell, a New Jersey-based supplier of smart grid technologies and services.