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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to accelerate the process of issuing electricity licenses for wind and solar power projects that have been completed but have not yet been put into operation.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just sent a document to the Ministry of Justice requesting the review the effectiveness of legal documents of the Government and the Prime Minister.

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 Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has just issued the announcement No 148 EVN-KD-TCKT dated January 10, 2023, to the Electricity Corporations, Electricity Telecommunications, and Information Technology Companies about the purchase prices of the rooftop solar power projects in 2023 as follows:

Currently, wind and solar power projects that could not be completed and connected before the deadlines of December 31, 2020 and October 31, 2021 are waiting for electricity prices. This huge amount of social capital needs to be used, so, recently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) sent a document to the Prime Minister for solving the problem.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee (PPC) had a decision to approve the investment policy of two floating solar power projects with a total capacity of 450 MWp and a total investment of 7,800 billion VND, on the lake in Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province.

Within the framework of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's working trip to the United States, T&T group (Vietnam) and UPC Renewables (USA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation to develop wind power (onshore, near-shore) and solar power projects with a total capacity of about 1,500 MW and a total investment of about US& 2.5 billion in Ninh Thuan, Dak Nong, Dak Nong, Soc Trang, Ben Tre and Bac Lieu provinces.

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.

According to the information of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), at the present the capacity of rooftop solar power projects (RSPPs) in the South accounts for over 60% the total capacity of solar power projects (SPPs) of EVN (1,142 MWp).

The Fire Prevention and Fighting and Rescue Police Department - FPFRD (Ministry of Public Security) has just issued a document on guiding the activities for appraising and approving designs on fire prevention and fighting of the solar power projects and rooftop solar power systems.