Khanh Hoa: An energy center has been established.

Khanh Hoa: An energy center has been established.

In the context of increasing electricity demand to serve sustainable economic growth, the development of large-scale energy centers with integrated infrastructure is becoming a top priority. Khanh Hoa has been seizing this new growth opportunity, not only in energy but also as an integrated center for industry, logistics, and modern technical infrastructure. Leveraging the region's strengths in infrastructure and energy, especially renewable energy sources, is crucial for long-term economic development.

Focus on energy

According to the new planning orientation, approved by Decision No. 757/QD-TTg (April 28, 2026) on the General Planning Task for Khanh Hoa City until 2050, with a vision to 2075, the energy development space will not be isolated, but placed within the overall growth drivers including: marine economy, high-tech industry, international tourism, energy, and green transformation. In particular, energy is identified as one of the pillars, closely linked to science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation. This shows that the role of the energy sector is not only to provide electricity, but also to be the foundation for the entire development ecosystem.

Ca Na International Port.

Infrastructure and energy - Counterbalancing development in parallel.

A notable aspect of the plan is the synchronized development of technical infrastructure systems, including: electricity supply and energy systems, telecommunications and data infrastructure.

These elements are designed according to very specific criteria: sustainable development, adaptation to climate change, and support for large-scale energy industries. This is especially important for LNG and renewable energy projects, which require synchronized and high-standard technical infrastructure and are currently developing strongly in Khanh Hoa and neighboring localities. As early as 2020-2021, Khanh Hoa, including the former Ninh Thuan, had already formulated its energy strategy and become the renewable energy hub of the country. The industrial shift from using traditional energy to clean energy is a trend that is entirely consistent with the local capacity in the new context. The transition from traditional to high-tech industries, from energy consumption to clean energy production, is entirely achievable if properly developed and supported.

In this context, new industrial zones are not only production centers but also integrated with next-generation logistics, directly connecting to seaports and airports, aiming towards a typical green industrial zone model such as the Ca Na International Port Cluster, Ca Na Industrial Zone, and the Ca Na LNG Thermal Power Plant that are currently being pursued.

Seaports – Logistics – LNG

One of the breakthroughs in the planning is the formation of an interconnected ecosystem between: deep-sea ports - logistics centers - industrial zones - energy projects. In this picture, the Ca Na area emerges as a crucial link with the orientation of: developing an LNG port, building a gas-fired power plant complex, and forming a large-scale energy-industrial center. Projects here will not only serve electricity production but also create a gateway for fuel imports, laying the foundation for the energy supply chain and linking it with the development of supporting industries, unlocking the potential and advantages of the southern part of Khanh Hoa province with its natural advantages, which is gradually becoming a national energy center with the convergence of the most diverse types of renewable energy in Vietnam. A new energy center with an LNG plant – a nuclear power plant, a system of wind and solar power plants, and the Ca Na Industrial Zone will be the foundation for sustainable economic growth.

An energy project in the southern part of Khanh Hoa province.

The role of pioneering businesses

The participation of the private sector is playing a key role in realizing these directions. Trungnam Group is one of the pioneering enterprises in the South with infrastructure and energy projects that have already come into operation. Trungnam's projects invested in the southern part of Khanh Hoa province have contributed to diversifying power sources, increasing system stability, and importantly, it continues to be a pioneering enterprise in the South with its LNG thermal power plant project scheduled to connect to the grid by the end of 2030. In addition, there are plans to add approximately 300MW of capacity this year from the company's new projects, contributing to reducing short-term pressure on electricity supply.

In the long term, this enterprise is also continuing with the integrated model: the Ca Na port-industrial-energy cluster, in line with the spatial development orientation in Khanh Hoa, as a strategic growth pole linked to energy and industry. Instead of dispersed development, the plan aims to form a closely linked cluster including: a deep-water seaport (LNG port) - a specialized industrial zone - a large-scale LNG gas-fired power plant. In this model, the Ca Na port not only plays a role in logistics infrastructure but also serves as a gateway for importing LNG fuel, directly supplying the gas-fired power plants. This forms a closed value chain: fuel import - electricity production - supply to industry and the national power grid.

The synchronized integration of seaports, industrial zones, and energy centers helps to: optimize operating and logistics costs, increase the efficiency of infrastructure investment, attract energy-intensive industries, and form a modern industrial-energy ecosystem. In particular, the Ca Na LNG cluster is not just a standalone project, but is being shaped as a large-scale energy-industrial complex with the potential to spread throughout the South Central region.

From prospect to reality

With clear direction and synchronized investment, Khanh Hoa is gradually forming a model: a diversified energy center, a logistics and industrial center linked to seaports, a sustainable development ecosystem, and a path to building energy infrastructure in the southern part of Khanh Hoa province with a system of wind and solar power plants, LNG, and subsequently a green, modern industrial park, creating momentum to boost the locality and contributing to the construction of a key economic region of the country.

Source: https://baokhanhhoa.vn/kinh-te/thong-tin-doanh-nghiep/202605/khanh-hoa-trung-tam-nang-luong-da-hinh-thanh-1d06252/