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At March 15, 2019 afternoon, in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam Petroleum Group (PVN) and Malaysia National Petroleum Company (PETRONAS) held the ceremony for signing the framework agreement (HOA) on added gas purchase for Ca Mau area – Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just sent a report to the Prime Minister on studying and developing a direct power purchase (DPPA) mechanism between renewable energy generators and large electricity users.

The Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) has just sent a document to the Government, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam "The proposal to increase the power purchase agreement for the small hydroelectric plants in 2023".

Information from the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said: On the morning of June 28, in Hanoi, under the witness of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary, Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, EVN General Director Tran Dinh Nhan attended the ceremony to exchange power purchase agreement (PPA) between EVN and hydropower investors in Laos.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has just issued a Notice to the Electricity Corporations, Electricity Telecommunications and Information Technology Companies about the purchase price of electricity from rooftop solar power systems in 2024.

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.

On April 4, 2018 in Hanoi, was held a talk between the Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Minister of Energy and Mines of Laos Khammany Inthirath on continuously implementing measures to strengthen cooperation in the energy and minerals between the two countries, especially to unify plan for carrying out the cooperation documents in energy sector signed in the 40th session of the Inter-governmental Committee on bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.  

The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a meeting on building the legal framework for renewable energy (RE) and making the draft mechanism for the pilot direct power purchase agreement (DPPA).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has just promulgated Circular No. 57/2020/TT-BCT (Circular 57) on the method for defining electricity generation prices and the order for checking power purchase agreement (PPA), and on amending and supplementing a number of clauses of the Circular No 57/2014/TT-BCT dated 19/12/2014 of MOIT minister on the method and order to formulating and promulgating the framework of electricity generation prices.

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) informed that on August 31, 2020, in Hanoi, PVN held a signing ceremony for gas purchase agreement (GPA) from Su Tu Trang (White Lion) field, Lot 15-1 (phase 2A).

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has just sent an official dispatch to the Prime Minister to report on applying the prices for mixed coal as proposed by the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) and the Northeast Corporation that leads to add 1,498.06 billion VND to electricity purchase costs in 2019, of which from mixed coal of Vinacomin is 1,062.89 billion and from mixed coal of Northeast Corporation - 435.17 billion.

Recently, in Ha Noi, under the withness of Vietnamese P.M Nguyen Tan Dung and Dutch P.M Mark Rutte, PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) and Shell (Holland) signed a MoU on cooperation for developing a LNG Import Harbor and Depot in Son My (Binh Thuan Province) and a Framework Agreement on LNG Purchase at LNG Import Harbor Depot in Thi Vai (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province) Contract for LNG importing harbor storage project Thi Vai ( Ba Ria - Vung Tau province).

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.  

On December 15, 2021, in Hanoi, PetroVietnam Power Corporation - JSC (PV Power) and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Ca Mau1 and 2 Power Plants 1 and 2.