The long-awaited regulation relating to the direct power purchase mechanism has been officially issued in Vietnam. The key highlights include: Direct power purchase can be conducted in 2 forms: Opportunities unlocked The DPPA Decree 80 re-ignites the interest of more local and international developers in the Vietnam’s energy sector, in particular the renewables.    After a […]

Vietnam office of VDB Loi provides an outline of key points that investors need to know about the newly adopted Power Development Plan in Vietnam, provide a link to the list of included energy projects and also a summary of the next round of regulatory developments that are expected over 2023 in Vietnam.

Regional power trades are on the rise in South East Asia. Historically, Laos is a major exporter of mostly hydropower in the region, reaching nearly 2 billion US$ in 2022 to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. And the exported amount keeps growing. For example, Laos and Vietnam have signed another 3000 to 5000 MW of power […]

VDB Loi Vietnam has prepared an updated version of guide answering to the most frequent questions relating to the provision of foreign loans to borrowers in Vietnam.  This include the process of loans registration, available security package and key parties that need to be involved and their roles. Version in Japanese: Foreign Loans for Vietnamese […]

Over the last few years a lot of attention in Vietnam was focused on the possible rate of tariff that should apply to the transitional solar and wind projects, i.e. projects that were initiated earlier, but did not meet the deadline of the previously introduced feed-in-tariff. The opportunities to become eligible for such feed-in-tariff expired […]

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT) HAS recently released THE second draft circular regarding the implementation of the pilot program for direct power purchase agreement (DPPA) mechanisms between renewable energy developers/power generation companies and private power buyers/consumers (“Draft Circular“). Under the Draft Circular, there have been some changes compared to the previous […]