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Mechanism Proposed For Transitional Wind And Solar Projects In Vietnam

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On July 21, 2022, Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) submitted Report No. 126/BC-BCT to the Prime Minister regarding the mechanism for transitional wind and solar power projects.

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Doan Ngoc Tran
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On July 21, 2022, Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) submitted Report No. 126/BC-BCT to the Prime Minister regarding the mechanism for transitional wind and solar power projects. In this report, the MOIT proposed some recommendations to explicitly address difficulties for outstanding wind and solar power projects ("Transitional Projects") which have been developed under the Prime Minister's Decision No. 13/2020/QD-TTg dated April 6, 2020, on the development of solar power projects (Decision 13) and Decision No. 37/2011/QD-TTg dated June 29, 2011, on the development of wind power projects (Decision 37), as amended by Decision No. 39/2018/QD-TTg dated September 10, 2018 (Decision 39).

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