Vietnam
Vietnam Electricity and Oil and Gas Group seal PPAs for Nhon Trach plants
                                                                                 
                    
                    They also signed an LNG agreement.
                
                                
            Vietnam Electricity and Oil and Gas Group seal PPAs for Nhon Trach plants
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            They also signed an LNG agreement.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Vietnam eyes eliminating 358.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The Minister of Industry and Trade signed Decision No. 2600/QD-BCT.
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam’s weak grid a barrier to direct power purchase policy
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Its poor energy infrastructure impedes the integration of new capacity from RE projects. 
                    
                                        
                    
                Scatec exits Vietnam with sale of 39-MW wind plant
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The transaction will close within the first half of 2025.
                    
                                        
                    
                PV Power receives $521.5m loan for Vietnam’s first LNG to electricity plants
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The two plants will add over 1,600 MW. 
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam completes 500kV circuit-3 transmission line
                                                                                                 
                        
                        This connects Quang Trach (Quang Binh) and Pho Noi (Hung Yen).
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam PM urges swift completion of 500kV circuit-3 power transmission
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The Prime Minister wants it done before 2 September.
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam Electricity’s output up 11.5% as of end-July
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Coal-fired thermal plants accounted for over half of the production.
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam’s direct power purchase agreement decree could catalyze a new era for renewable energy
                                                                                                 
                        
                        On 3 July 2024, the Government of Vietnam issued its long-awaited decree permitting direct power purchase agreements (DPPAs) for renewable energy between private project developers and private energy consumers. An extraordinary feature of the decree grants permission for entirely privately developed, owned, and operated transmission lines. This provision could allow the development of large-scale solar or wind farms at remote sites to supply industrial consumers directly. This landmark legislation could ignite a new wave of rapid renewable energy development in Vietnam.
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam’s gas project bags $832m in Japanese loans
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The facility will support thermal power plants.
                    
                                        
                    
                HSBC, Leader Energy ink $23.13m loan for solar project in Vietnam
                                                                                                 
                        
                        This will refinance a 50-MW solar facility.
                    
                                        
                    
                Sembcorp adds 196MW of wind, solar in portfolio with Vietnam acquisition deal
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It will also acquire a stake in a GELEX unit that owns a hydropower asset.
                    
                                        
                    
                Will the government pay for coal power exit in Vietnam?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The country’s coal power phase-out strategy sees renewables accounting for 67.7%–71.5% of the energy mix by 2050.
                    
                                        
                    
                How e-bikes serve as an emergency electricity generator
                                                                                                 
                        
                        A fully-charged e-bike could power the lights and two freezers in a convenience store for 3 to 4 hours.
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam to build largest onshore wind turbine by diameter
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The wind farm has the largest single-machine capacity of Electric Wind Power’s projects.
                    
                                        
                    
                Nexif Ratch acquires 30 MW Vietnam hydropower plant
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The Min Luong hydropower plant has a 20-year PPA with an EVN subsidiary.
                    
                                        
                    
                Sembcorp buys 245 MW renewable projects in Vietnam
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The purchase of the majority of Gelex brings Sembcorp’s Vietnam portfolio to 450 MW.