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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.  

In order to negotiate and agree on the electricity prices of a part of the power project/the whole power project without electricity prices, the Power Trading Company (EVNEPTC) has just sent a written document to request the solar and wind power investors, to check the legal documents of the projects complying with the legal regulations on investment and construction or not. Especially, the evaluating documents of the power system operation units about the absorption ability of the national power system, as well as the ability to release the capacity of the power grid related to the project.

The Prime Minister's Decision No. 13/2020 / QD-TTg dated April 6, 2020 on the mechanism to encourage solar power development in Vietnam will expire after the date 31/12/2020 and so far there is no new Decision of the Prime Minister and the next guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) for these issues. Therefore, the EVN should stop receiving and solving requirements on connection and signing power purchase agreement (PPA) for the rooftop solar power projects developed after December 31, 2020 until the new guidelines from the competence authorities.

The Sai Gon Power Company has signed net-metering contracts with households in districts 1 and 3 that have rooftop solar power panels.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has just sent a document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Electricity Regulatory Authority on establishing a framework for electricity prices of transitional solar and wind power projects.

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).

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Do Thang Hai informed: "The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just reported to the Government that our country with a shape of S letter spreading more than 1.6 thousand kilometers, so it is not suitable if solar electricity set by one price only but applied by the regions with  different solar radiations”.

On August 15, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung received Mr. Raymond Carlsen, General Director of Scatec Solar Company (Norway). Scatec Solar proposed an investment in the Tri An floating solar power plant project, with a capacity of 1,000 MW.

Shanghai, April 24, 2019-JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a reputable solar module manufacturer in the world, today announced that it has supplied 100MWof high efficient solar modules for the Srepok 1 and Quang Minh Solar Power Plant Complex, one of the Vietnam's largest solar power projects.

Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) sent a report to Prime Minister on mechanism for the transitional solar and wind power projects.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) to urgently modify and supplement Circular No. 15/2022/TT-BCT dated October 3, 2022, and Decision No. 21/QD-BCT dated January 7, 2023, on the framework of electricity generation prices for the transitional solar and wind power plants.

Ningbo, China-Ginlong Technologies Co.,Ltd. (Solis) (Stock Code: 300763.SZ), a global leader in photovoltaicstring inverter manufacturing has worked alongside UK renewable energy company Engenera to install a rooftop solar power system for plastics manufacturer, Faerch Plast.  At 2MW, utilizing Solis 110kW inverters and with over 4000 modules this is a substantial large scale rooftop installation.

Sao Mai Group, the Investor of Sao Mai Solar Power Project (SPP) and EVN Electric Power Trading Company have just held the Ceremony to sign the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Sao Mai SPP with an electricity tariff of 2086 VND/kWh at the point of electricity delivery for 20 years since the date of project commercial operation.

The signing ceremony on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) from SP Infra Solar Poewer Plant 1 between Electricity Power Trading Company (Electricity of Vietnam - EVN) and Shapoorji Finacial Financial Infrastructure Company Ltd., (India) took place in Hanoi on July 17, 2018.  

In the morning of June 14, 2019, in Cam Lam district (Khanh Hoa province), the representative of the Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) and the related units organized to synchronize the first phase (with design capacity of 10 MW) of the solar power project (SPP) of EVNCPC with the national power system.