The proposal was addressed in an urgent dispatch from the Government Office conveying Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc’s instructions on ensuring electricity supply for 2026-2030 and revising Power Development Plan VIII.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade was asked to consolidate Report No. 1288, dated September 22, and Report No. 1347, dated October 2, into a single report, fully incorporating feedback from relevant ministries and agencies. Its proposals and recommendations must specify their legal basis, decision-making authority, completion deadlines and the responsibilities of each agency and organization to ensure they are feasible and comply with the law.

Once all relevant ministries and agencies have provided feedback, the ministry must promptly finalize the report and seek comments from local authorities. For matters falling within the National Assembly’s authority or involving Communist Party bodies, it must proactively seek and consolidate their views before submitting the report to the prime minister for a meeting.

On revisions to Power Development Plan VIII, the ministry was instructed to immediately develop a proposal setting out the overarching principles and strategic directions. The proposal will be circulated to relevant ministries, agencies and local authorities for comment before being finalized and submitted to the Government Party Committee, which will seek the Politburo’s views.

While completing the procedures for reporting to the Politburo, the ministry must begin the necessary planning work. It must also ask the competent authorities to consider and approve the use of expedited procedures to revise Power Development Plan VIII, in accordance with the law. The ministry is responsible for ensuring that the projects covered by the revisions are implemented, completed and brought into operation during 2027-2030.

Under National Assembly Resolution No. 253, dated December 11, 2025, the ministry must also proactively update power generation planning within its authority. These updates must not alter the overarching principles, objectives or strategic directions, or increase total installed capacity for any generation category under the approved plans.

Those limits are set out in the power development plan approved under Decision No. 768/QD-TTg of April 15, 2025, and the implementation plan for the revised Power Development Plan VIII under Decision No. 1509/QD-BCT of May 30, 2025.

The ministry was also asked to clarify the need and legal basis for a proposed government resolution on key tasks and measures to ensure electricity supply for socioeconomic development and support double-digit growth during 2027-2030.

It must review the draft to include only matters and tasks within the government’s authority, then revise it, seek feedback from ministries and agencies, and report to the prime minister.

The proposed transfer to the Ministry of Industry and Trade covers Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the Vietnam National Industry-Energy Group (PVN), the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (TKV), and the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT).

The standing deputy prime minister requested that action follow the Politburo’s guidance after the Ministry of Finance completes the EVN restructuring proposal and submits it to the Politburo.

A separate proposal would allow coal-fired power plants in northern Vietnam temporary exemptions from compliance with cooling-water discharge temperature standards. This matter must be handled in accordance with the standing deputy prime minister’s instructions in Government Office Document No. 9678, dated September 23.

Tam An