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Dong Nai People's Committee has just submitted a document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) for considering and appraising 8 solar power projects to submit to the Prime Minister for additional approving these projects to the National Power Development Planning (NPDP) up to 2025.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just decided to supplement the Trung Son Solar Power Project (SPP) project to the Power Development Planning of Khanh Hoa province in 2016-2020 period with the vision to 2035.

Ensuring the progress of the smart power grid development project is an important factor to reduce power transmission, distribution costs and other costs to develop power sources. This objective was also stated in Prime Ministerial Decision 1670/2012/QD-TTg.

  Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has officially issued the Circular No16/2017/TT-BCT on grid connected and rooftop solar power development in which regulates the National Solar Power Development Planning (NSPDP) to be made once only. The following updates, additions and corrections for NSPDP are made when adjusting the National Power Development Planning (NPDP). Making, approving and announcing the NSPP are stipulated in the Prime Minister Decision No11/2017/QĐ-TTg on the mechanisms to stimulate developing solar power projects in Vietnam.

On October 13, 2015 in Hanoi, at a meeting with the Vietnamese press, Mr. Thomas Countryman, the Assistant US Secretary of State (in charge of civil nuclear cooperation and anti-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction) said, the US desires to help and consult  Vietnam in the civil nuclear sector.

Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to study perfecting the mechanisms to support the solar power development.

The Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to speed the plan of the smart power grid development, enhance the power system operation efficiency, and stimulate the saving and efficiency energy use.

The Minister of Industry and Trade has just issued Circular No. 18/2020 / TT-BCT to regulate development and model power purchase agreement (PPA) for the solar power projects (Circular 18).

On April 6, 2020, the Prime Minister issued Decision No 13/2020 (for replacing the Decision No 11/2017 invalid from June 30, 2019) on the incentive mechanism for solar power development in Vietnam. This decision takes effect on May 22, 2020.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has approved a resolution on studying orientation for solar power development to supplement clean electricity source for the country.

On May 11, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Trinh Dinh Dung chaired a meeting with representatives of several ministries and businesses to develop mechanisms for encouraging solar power development  before reporting at the meeting of Government permanent members for the Prime Minister to sign the decision.

The Prime Minister has just approved the adjustment project of Vietnam Power Development Planning in 2011 - 2020 period with an outlook up to 2030, for an aim to sufficiently supply domestic electricity demand and meet the socio-economic development objective of the country with an average GDP growth of about 7.0% per year in 2016-2030 period.

On November 4, 2015, in Da Nang city, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) held the conference "Shaping Vietnam’s Sustainable Power Sector Development" to summarize the achievements in the process of renewing power sector and discuss the measures for strengthening the participation of the international donors and various economic sectors to Vietnam's Power Sector Development in future. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai attended and spoke at the Conference.

The Government Office has just announced the conclusions of the Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on the Draft of the Decision of the Prime Minister on regulations to undertake and handle development of power plant projects invested by BOO and BOT form, implemented not on committed schedule.

On October 23, 2015 Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai, Head of the State Steering Committee of the Power Planning VII chaired a meeting on establishing mechanisms to support the development of solar power projects and assigning the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) to establish ahead mechanisms for providing with the promises to promote developing and using renewable energy sources, including solar power, in a spirit to aid the projects and programs of developing and using solar power to get preferential treatment for the investment, price and tax.