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On the morning of September 24, 2019, in Vietnam - Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP), Thuan An Town, Binh Duong Province, Becamex IDC Corporation, Sembcorp Smart Energy Solutions company (a member of Sembcorp Industries) and VSIP Joint Venture company held a ceremony for signing business cooperation and introduction of solar power projects.

Vietnam need to carry out many solutions to supply enough energy for social-economic development as well as pursue a sustainable development in the long term, according to experts.

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.

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.

In the context when the domestic gas supply is rapidly declined, the new fields have high development costs and the negotiation process of gas prices often lasts, while the demand for gas is increasing etc. It is requires Vietnam Oil and Gas Group to have synchronous solutions to ensure a long-term stable gas supply for the economy and contribute to meeting the goal on energy security of the country.

Denmark is willing to share its experience regarding technologies and products with Vietnam to help the country achieve goals of energy and sustainable growth, said a Danish official.

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 business conference: “Smart Cities” is the last event in the series of thought leadership events on emerging topics in Vietnam, which are initiated and co-organized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the German Embassy in Vietnam, and Siemens. This prestigious event attracted more than hundred delegates, who are senior government policy and decision-makers, business leaders, specialists and media to come together and discuss emerging challenges and solutions for the development of smart and sustainable cities in Vietnam.

The Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) held a ceremony for signing a grand fund agreement for the project on building the implementing plan and overall architecture of information technology (IT) to develop smart power grid in EVNCPC to 2020, with a vision to 2025.

Never the sustainable energy issue for developing the country has been hotter than recent time. In that context, on June 17, 2022, the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) held a conference on "Mechanisms, policies, solutions for sustainable energy development in Vietnam" in Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has just signed Decision No.519/QĐ-TTg on approving the investment policy of the project "Smart power grid application to develop renewable energy sources and effective energy use Energy (SGRE-EE), funded by the grant ODA of German Government.

The Prime Minister has approved the Draft agreement  between Vietnam’ Government and the German Reconstruction Credit Institute (KFW) on an € 65 million loan for the project: "Smart power grids -  Transmission efficiency (stage 1)".

The Central Power Corporation and Finland’s ABB Oy Company launched mini Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system projects in the central and Central Highlands regions with the aim to develop a smart power grid there.

Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has just held a meeting to review and promote exploratory and surveying activities of Vinacomin in the period of 2019-2020 and 5-year plan of 2021-2025.

On November 29, 2018, in Hanoi, under direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) in cooperation with the Central Economic Committee, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation (Vinacomin) ad Petrovietnam (PVN) held the international conference on “ Sustainable energy development and environmental protection in Vietnam”.