Ensuring energy security to meet growth requirements

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The Government issued Resolution 328/NQ-CP on the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 70-NQ/TW dated August 20, 2025 of the Politburo on ensuring national energy security to 2030, with a vision to 2045 (Program).

Ensuring national energy security to meet socio -economic development requirements in the new situation

The objective of the Program is to institutionalize and fully implement the viewpoints, goals, tasks and solutions set out in Resolution No. 70-NQ/TW dated August 20, 2025 of the Politburo on ensuring national energy security until 2030, with a vision to 2045 (Resolution No. 70-NQ/TW); firmly ensure national energy security; provide adequate, stable, high-quality energy, reduce emissions for socio-economic development, ensure national defense and security, improve people's lives, and protect the ecological environment.

Strive to achieve a number of key targets by 2030: total primary energy supply of about 150 - 170 million tons of oil equivalent; total final energy consumption of about 120 - 130 million tons of oil equivalent; energy saving ratio of total final energy consumption compared to the normal development scenario of about 8 - 10%; reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from energy activities compared to the normal development scenario of about 15 - 35%.

The program identifies specific tasks for ministries, branches and localities to develop programs and plans to implement, inspect, monitor and evaluate the implementation of Resolution No. 70-NQ/TW; perfect the legal system to facilitate national energy development in the spirit of the Resolution; strengthen supervision of the development and implementation of strategies, plans and policies for national energy development; firmly ensure national energy security to meet the requirements of socio-economic development in the new situation.

In order to achieve the goals set out in Resolution No. 70-NQ/TW, in addition to regular tasks, the Government requires ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, and enterprises in the energy sector to: Strengthen the leadership of the Party, state management and the participation of the entire political system and the people in ensuring energy security; perfect institutions and policies to become competitive advantages, a solid foundation, and a strong driving force to promote energy development; develop energy supply and infrastructure, firmly ensure energy security, and meet growth requirements; promote energy saving, environmental protection, respond to climate change, and flexibly implement international commitments on emission reduction; establish governance measures and respond to risks; focus on mobilizing all social resources, strongly encouraging the private sector to participate in energy development; create breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation and human resource training in the energy sector; strengthen international cooperation, contribute to promoting rapid and sustainable development of the energy sector and ensuring national energy security.

Building a national energy industrial center integrating gas, liquefied gas, electricity, refining, petrochemicals, and renewable energy in localities

To develop energy supply and infrastructure, firmly ensure energy security, and meet growth requirements, the Government requires relevant authorities to develop scenarios and specific implementation roadmaps to ensure energy meets economic growth requirements until 2030, with a vision to 2045; diversify energy supply sources; have a priority mechanism for proactively developing domestic energy, reducing import dependence, prioritizing increased exploitation and efficient use of domestic energy sources; deploy the construction and formation of a national energy industry center integrating gas, liquefied gas, electricity, refining, petrochemicals, and renewable energy in localities with advantages, in sync with policies on exploitation, output consumption, and domestic natural gas prices.

At the same time, remove difficulties, speed up the implementation of key energy projects; strengthen strategic energy reserves and energy storage; build the energy sector and develop the energy equipment manufacturing industry; develop modern, smart, sustainable energy infrastructure, effectively connecting the region and the world...

Apply a carbon tax on the use of fossil fuels

Promoting energy saving, environmental protection, responding to climate change, flexibly implementing international commitments on emission reduction; establishing governance measures and responding to risks, the Government requires relevant ministries, branches and localities to restructure, encourage the development of industries that use energy efficiently, bringing the highest socio-economic benefits; specifying mandatory energy saving indicators for each industry, field and locality; gradually eliminating equipment, machinery and means with low energy efficiency and high environmental emissions; encouraging businesses to invest in new, high-efficiency technologies.

Along with that, it is necessary to synchronously and flexibly implement solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector in accordance with the country's development situation; have plans for coal-fired thermal power plants to convert fuel to using natural gas, biomass fuel, hydrogen, ammonia, etc.; study and apply appropriate carbon tax policies for the use of fossil fuels; prescribe standards for carbon emission limits, etc.

Creating breakthroughs in science, technology development, innovation, and digital transformation in the energy sector

To create a breakthrough in science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and human resource training in the energy sector, the Government requires relevant ministries, branches and localities to focus on investing in research and development at a minimum rate of 2% of the energy sector's GDP; create a favorable, strong and highly autonomous mechanism to encourage energy enterprises to increase investment in research and development; establish research, testing, innovation centers and national key laboratories in the energy sector; have a mechanism to allow innovation centers to mobilize resources from the private sector to invest in and support enterprises and innovation projects in the fields of new energy and clean energy.

Promote research, application, and transfer of advanced technologies and digital transformation in energy exploitation, production, transmission, distribution, and use; research and develop energy storage technology. Develop smart grid systems and smart energy management systems in industry, transportation, and construction.

Establish a mechanism to link scientists, training institutions with businesses in the energy sector through science and technology programs; integrate research and development activities into strategies, planning, and energy development plans. Develop a project to promote the development of high-quality human resources for the energy sector, and include them in the list of key training sectors. Train at least 25,000 - 35,000 engineers and experts in the energy sector, with special priority given to the nuclear energy sector. Have a policy to prioritize training high-quality human resources and attract foreign experts and overseas Vietnamese to return to the country to work in the fields of nuclear energy, renewable energy, and new energy...

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