Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Draft Year: 
2003
Effective Start Year: 
2003
Effective End Year: 
2010
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Other
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power
Issued by: 
The Prime Minister of Government
Overall Summary: 
A Decision adjusting a number of contents of the planning on Vietnam's Electricity Development in the 2001-2010 period, with prospect till 2020 taken into account.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
To speed up the construction of projects on high-voltage power grids, concretely the projects on the 500 kV power lines of Phu My-Nha Be-Phu Lam; Pleiku-Phu Lam; and Pleiku-Doc Soi-Da Nang-Ha Tinh-Thuong Tin according to the set schedules.
Investment
Financial incentives for energy infrastructure: 
The Ministry of Industry shall coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in studying and submitting to the Prime Minister mechanisms of providing partial budget capital support for investment in power sources and grids in service of economic and social development in remote and deep-lying areas; allocating capital for on-the-spot energy sources in areas where the national power grids do not exist; and separating Vietnam Electricity Corporation's public-utility activities from its production and business activities. ---Commercial banks shall be allowed to provide Vietnam Electricity Corporation with a loan exceeding 15% of their own capital for investment in electricity projects if deeming that they are efficient and their feasibility study reports have been approved by competent authorities.
Independent power producers: 
To encourage domestic and foreign investors to participate in the construction of power source and power distribution projects in various investment forms: independent power plants (IPP), build-transfer (BT) contracts, build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts, joint ventures or joint-stock companies.
Investment climate development: 
To encourage domestic and foreign investors to participate in the construction of power source and power distribution projects in various investment forms: independent power plants (IPP), build-transfer (BT) contracts, build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts, joint ventures or joint-stock companies.