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Decree 272/2026: Accelerating Offshore Wind Development With A Dedicated Legal Framework

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Vietnam introduces its first comprehensive legal framework for offshore wind development through Decree 272/2026, establishing structured approval mechanisms for resource surveys, planning adjustments, and strategic transmission projects.

VietnamEnergy and Natural Resources
Vaibhav Saxena
Vaibhav Saxena

Vietnam continues to strengthen the legal framework governing its electricity sector through a series of implementing regulations following the enactment of the Electricity Law 2024. Over the past two years, the Government has progressively introduced the regulatory architecture governing electricity trading, renewable energy development and strategic power infrastructure through Decree No. 57/2025/NĐ-CP

Unlike Decrees 57 and 58, which primarily regulate project operation and electricity market participation, Decree 272 addresses an earlier stage of the project lifecycle. It implements selected provisions of Resolution No. 253/2025/QH15 by introducing special procedures for planning adjustments, offshore wind surveys, approval of investment policy concurrently with investor approval, and strategic transmission projects. In doing so, it fills an important procedural gap between project planning and project implementation.

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