On the morning of December 14th, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the inauguration ceremony and the commissioning of the Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 power plant complexes in Dong Nai province – unveiling a plaque commemorating the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Attending the inauguration ceremony were: Tran Sy Thanh, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee ; Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Industry and Trade; Vu Hong Van, Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee; representatives of leaders from central ministries, departments and agencies; leaders of provinces and cities; and representatives of diplomatic agencies and international organizations in Vietnam.
The project establishes six key points.
The Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 power plants are invested in by the Vietnam Oil and Gas Power Corporation, a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Energy and Industry Group (Petrovietnam).
The project has a total investment of approximately $1.4 billion, with the Lilama-Samsung C&T consortium acting as the EPC general contractor.
With a total capacity of 1,624MW, Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 power plants are expected to supply more than 9 billion kWh/year when operating stably, supplementing the base power supply with a large capacity for the system, especially in the southern region.
The plant complex also serves as a flexible power source, supporting system dispatch and balancing in the context of the increasing proportion of renewable energy.
The project is invested according to modern technological standards, using GE's 9HA.02 generation gas turbines (USA) - the turbine series with the highest technology, power, and efficiency in the world today. As a result, the plant achieves an efficiency of 62-64%, among the highest currently available.
The 9HA.02 technology meets stringent emission standards and allows for flexible fuel switching, from LNG to the ability to burn hydrogen blends up to 50%, with a view to using 100% hydrogen in the future.
The Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants serve as a model for the LNG power centers that Petrovietnam plans to develop in the future, laying the foundation for a modern era of gas-fired power in Vietnam; in line with Petrovietnam's strategic development orientation until 2030 and vision to 2050, which is to develop energy industrial centers, with LNG power being the cornerstone of the national energy structure.
The Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 power plants received investment approval from the Prime Minister in April 2019. Following design appraisal, investment project approval, and contractor selection, the EPC contract was signed in March 2022. Nhon Trach 3 is scheduled to connect to the national grid on February 5, 2025; and Nhon Trach 4 is expected to complete its connection to the national grid on June 27, 2025.
PV Power is committed to safe and efficient operation, ensuring that both power plants operate stably and at high efficiency, strictly adhering to environmental protection regulations, while also fulfilling its social responsibility responsibilities in the local area and partnering with Dong Nai province in its sustainable development goals.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that ensuring national energy security is a crucial component of national security; it is a strategic foundation and an urgent requirement for the country's rapid and sustainable development in the new era.
Over the past period, the energy sector has maintained stable growth, basically ensuring national energy security, meeting the increasingly high demands for socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, and improving people's lives.
During the past term, the Party, State, and Government have focused particularly on implementing decisively and comprehensively the solutions and strategic directions for national energy development, from building and perfecting institutions and planning, to inspecting, monitoring, and urging the organization and implementation.
Most recently, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 70-NQ/TW dated August 20, 2025, on ensuring national energy security until 2030, with a vision to 2045, meeting the requirements of continuous growth exceeding 10% in the coming period, achieving the country's two centenary goals; and developing synchronously, rationally, and diversifying energy sources.
In the coming period, Vietnam will focus on developing strategic breakthroughs such as high technology, semiconductor chip manufacturing, building large national data centers, green transformation, building high-speed rail systems, urban rail, and especially digital transformation.
With over 9 billion kWh of electricity supplied annually from the Project, the commissioning of Vietnam's first LNG plant complex has laid the foundation for the country's gas-fired power market, providing a proactive and stable power source. This marks a significant step in building a flexible, clean, stable, and modern national energy system with "six outstanding features": lowest investment cost; largest scale; most modern technology; highest capacity; shortest EPC contractor selection time; and most competitive commercial electricity price.
Model project, exemplary project
Analyzing the project's particularly important significance for the development of the country, economic regions, and localities, the Prime Minister pointed out that the project affirms Vietnam's efforts to fulfill its commitment to reducing emissions to "zero," ensuring carbon neutrality by 2050 as stated at COP26; ensuring energy security while protecting the environment and national resources; and marking a fundamental shift in thinking, models, and development trends for green, sustainable, and modern energy sources, reducing carbon emissions by 40% compared to coal-fired power plants and 30% compared to oil-fired power plants.
At the same time, the project is a solution to the problem of ensuring national energy security, playing an intermediary role in the transition process, minimizing the instability of the power system when the proportion of renewable energy increases rapidly; it is a strategic infrastructure, contributing to the development of the key economic region of the South.
This important project, implemented by the Vietnam National Energy and Industry Corporation, demonstrates the leading role of state-owned enterprises in ensuring energy security and sustainable development, as well as proving the organizational, operational, coordination, and risk management capabilities of the enterprise; laying the foundation for Vietnam's LNG power development roadmap, creating momentum for the Power Development Plan VIII and helping Vietnam integrate more deeply into the global LNG supply chain.
Reviewing the project's implementation process leading up to its commissioning, which was fraught with unprecedented difficulties and challenges, and required quick, timely, and accurate solutions, the Prime Minister stated that with the decisive involvement and direction of the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, sectors, and localities under the leadership of the Party, the difficulties and obstacles in the project have been gradually overcome. Construction has focused on completion with the spirit of "overcoming the sun, conquering the rain, not losing to storms," "3 shifts, 4 teams," "eating quickly, sleeping urgently," "working through holidays and Tet," and "working day and night."
Considering this a model project, exemplary in many aspects from progress, quality, safety, environmental sanitation, and resettlement for the people; a source of pride in the maturity of Vietnam's oil and gas and electricity industries; and a demonstration of Vietnam's spirit, courage, intelligence, and stature, the Prime Minister warmly commended, acknowledged, and appreciated the efforts and determination of the Vietnam National Energy and Industry Group, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Power Corporation, ministries, sectors, localities, and domestic and foreign contractors in bringing the Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 power plants into operation, ensuring progress, quality, preventing violations, maintaining site discipline, and the highest safety standards; and also thanked the people who gave up their land, moved their homes, and resettled to facilitate the project's implementation.
To ensure the project's effective operation, the Prime Minister requested that PVN Group continue to affirm its role as the national energy corporation with a guiding and leading role for the entire industry; serving as a cornerstone in ensuring national energy security and implementing the digital transformation, green growth, and energy transition strategies.
Relevant agencies and entities operating the project must ensure absolute compliance with international standards on safety, performance optimization, and environmental regulations; strengthen coordination with agencies in the national power system, apply science and technology, artificial intelligence, and optimal solutions to operate the system stably, and take advantage of the hourly electricity pricing mechanism to increase revenue when prices are high.
Relevant ministries, sectors, and agencies should develop long-term LNG supply plans, combining spot delivery to reduce price fluctuation risks, and integrating international and domestic contractors to reduce costs and optimize maintenance expenses; immediately review and remove institutional and legal bottlenecks and obstacles, cut unnecessary administrative procedures, create the most favorable conditions for businesses, and build a fair, transparent, and stable investment and business environment, especially by perfecting a synchronized mechanism and policy for the entire LNG supply chain and the operating mechanism of LNG thermal power plants.
At the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit; leaders of ministries and sectors presented certificates of merit and awards to collectives and individuals who achieved outstanding results in the implementation of the Nhon Trach 3 and 4 Thermal Power Projects.
According to VNASource: https://baohaiphong.vn/du-an-nhiet-dien-nhon-trach-3-va-4-the-hien-tinh-than-ban-linh-tri-tue-viet-nam-529549.html
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