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The central province of Quang Binh on April 24 officially inaugurated a solar power plant with a capacity of 49.5 MW.

Authorities of the southern province of Binh Duong on March 29 met with Yeh Ming Yuh, Director-General of Polytex Far Eastern Vietnam, to discuss how to help the textile firm to resolve issues facing its expansion project at Bau Bang Industrial Park.

Trungnam Group put a wind power plant with a capacity of 46.2MW into operation in Ninh Phuoc district of the central province of Ninh Thuan on November 14.

The Lao Government and shareholders of Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant have agreed to develop Nam Theun 2-Solar, which is expected to become the world's largest hybrid floating solar project.

A solar power plant was put into operation in Hau Giang province on March 12, the first of its kind in the Mekong Delta.

The Sao Mai-An Giang solar power plant, invested by the Sao Mai Group in the southern province of An Giang, has been completed and expects to generate nearly 400 million kWh of electricity to the national grid each year, the group announced on January 12.

A 2.4 trillion VND (104.5 million USD) solar power plant was inaugurated in Van Ninh district, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on December 26.

The 50-MWp Ha Do Ninh Phuoc solar power plant was officially inaugurated in Ninh Phuoc district in south-central Ninh Thuan province on October 24.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) planned to put two turbines of Thuong Kon Tum hydropower plant and Se San 4 solar power plant into operation by the year-end.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company (Phu Yen JSC) on October 9 signed a 186 million USD loan to develop and operate a 257 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in the southern province of Phu Yen’s Hoa Hoi, through the country’s first certified green loan.

A 30MW solar power station located in Krakor district, Pursat province of Cambodia,has been connected to the country’s national grid as it enters its testing and commissioning phase.

Construction of the second phase of the Sao Mai Solar Power Plant in Tinh Bien district, in the Mekong Delta’s An Giang province, got underway on September 15, with a capacity of 106 MWp and investment of over 3 trillion VND (129.5 million USD).

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) launched on September 10 an 18 million USD project to provide solar power systems to rural communities in four provinces across Indonesia.

Japan’s Sharp Corp said on June 30 that it plans to put into operation a solar power plant in Ninh Thuan, a province in south central Vietnam, in early July.

The 45-MW Phuoc Ninh solar power plant was officially inaugurated in Thuan Nam district in south-central Ninh Thuan province on June 22.

The Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) will start building a solar power plant in July to turn Con Dao island into "a high-quality tourist and economic zone".

With its rapid socio-economic development, the south central coastal province of Binh Dinh has become a significant economic hub of the region.

A 450MW solar power plant, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, will be built in Phuoc Minh commune in the south central province of Ninh Thuan.

A new solar power plant is scheduled to become operational in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan in June, following an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract inked between Ninh Thuan Energy Industry JSC and Sharp-NSN joint venture earlier this week.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 37.8 million-USD loan deal with TTC Energy Development Investment JSC (TTC Energy) to provide long-term financing to develop and operate a 50-MW photovoltaic solar power plant in the southern province of Tay Ninh.