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On January 11, 2019 The Prime Minister issued the Decision to amend and supplement a number of articles of the Decision No. 11/2017 / QD-TTg of the Prime Minister dated April 11, 2017 on incentive mechanism for developing solar power projects in Vietnam. In which, there is modification of the regulations on electricity prices for the rooftop solar power projects.  

The State-run EVN plans to increase the power price by 9.5 per cent next year, from VND1,508.85 ($0.07) per kWh to VND1,652.19 ($0.072) per kWh. A plan for the increase will be submitted to the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).  

The Prime Minister has approved the policy for investment in construction of the 500 kV lines Quang Tri – Doc Soi and Doc Soi – Pleiku 2 with a goal to strengthen transission capability of the 500 kV grid of the national power system, contribute to guarantee electricity supply for the souththern power system in period when this system could not be self-sufficient and optimize electricity generation - transmission in operating power national system.

The Prime Minister has just issued a decision on the average retail electricity price(excluding value-added tax) as follows: The minimum average retail price of electricity is 1,826.22 VND/kWh; The maximum average retail price of electricity is VND 2,444.09/kWh (Decision No: 02/2023, dated February 3, 2023).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just issued a document for agreement with the proposal of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on continuing to receive and deal with requirements about the electricity sale from the rooftop solar power projects (SPPs).

The Chairman of Binh Thuan Provincial People's Committee (PPC) signed the Decision for agreeing the investment policy of the Son My LNG Terminal project and the investor of Son My LNG Terminal Co., Ltd. to implement this project.

On August 17, 2023, in Ho Chi Minh City. In Ho Chi Minh City, the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment of the Vietnam National Assembly collaboration with the Science Council of Vietnam Energy Review organize a workshop on "Implementation of Power Development Plan VIII - Challenges and Policy Suggestions". Specifically: Session 1: Identifying challenges for the investors of power plants and power grid, Session 2: The important, preference projects and policies, solutions of the State for implementation, Session 3: The policies, solutions on capitals, technologies, and service supply chain.

Tra Vinh Provincial People's Committee has just issued Decision No. 1947/QD-UBND approving the investment policy for the Tra Vinh biomass power project, in Luu Nghiep Anh commune, Tra Cu district.

Chairman of Ha Tinh Provincial People's Committee (PPC) Tran Tien Hung has just signed Decision No. 3260/QD-UBND dated September 25, 2020 on the policy of investment in  HBRE Ha Tinh wind farm project. The project with a capacity of 125 MW (25x5 turbines), annual average generation of 350.357 GWh and a total investment level of 4,687.4 billion VND will be developed along Hoanh Son mountain range in the area of ​​wards and communes as Ky Phuong, Ky Lien, Ky Long, Ky Thinh, Ky Trinh (Ky Anh town) and Ky Lac (Ky Anh district).

Tra Vinh Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) has  approved a Decision for 3 investors to develop Hiep Thanh wind power project including 18 - 19 wind turbines with a total capacity of 78MW and investment of VND 3,370 billion in Hiep Thanh Commune, Duyen Hai Town. The project is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2020.

The electricity price was adjusted on June 1 in favor of individual and organization consumers, with the average price (VND1,508.85/kWh) kept unchanged.

According to Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), it is not feasible to buy oil with “bottom price” because we do not yet have mechanisms and policies on risks for this activity (buying oil at “bottom price” leads to losses). On the other hand, at present, in Vietnam there are no national oil reserve depots, while the crude oil storages of Dung Quat and Nghi Son refinery plants can only meet production needs of these plants. It is also not feasible to rent an oil tanker (at least at this time), because of difficulty of our financial potential.

The Prime Minister has just issued Decision 08/2020/QD-TTg on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decision No. 24/2014/QD-TTg dated March 24 / 2014 by the Prime Minister on the mechanism to support developing the biomass power projects in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just promulgated Decision No. 281 on 2019 range of price of electricity generation, applicable for negotiating PPAs (as stipulated in Article 1 of Circular No. 57/ 2014/TT-BCT dated December 19, 2014 of the Minister of Industry and Trade). 

In the conclusion of a hand over to the next shift of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the Minister Vu Huy Hoang  said the electricity tariffs will be soon adjusted from 6 to 3 price steps and come to a single step in future.