Approving the Task of Establishing Adjustments to the National Energy Master Plan

(Chinhphu.vn) - Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has just signed Decision No. 1654/QD-TTg dated August 4, 2025 approving the Task of preparing the Adjustment of the National Energy Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

Approving the Task of preparing the Adjustment of the National Energy Master Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

The national energy planning includes sub-sectors: oil and gas, coal, electricity, new and renewable energy with tasks ranging from basic investigation, exploration, exploitation, production, storage, distribution to use and other related activities.

Energy development is closely linked to environmental protection.

The perspective is that energy development must be linked to the country's socio -economic development strategy and ensure the optimization of the overall energy system, proactively and sustainably diversifying energy sources to provide sufficient and stable supply to meet the requirements of socio-economic development and the country's industrialization and modernization strategy in the era of the global trend of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Exploring, exploiting, processing and using domestic energy resources reasonably and effectively, combined with exploiting and importing energy from abroad to conserve domestic resources and ensure national energy security.

Develop a competitive energy market, diversify ownership and business methods, aiming to best satisfy consumer interests. Accelerate the elimination of subsidies, moving towards completely eliminating the implementation of social policies through energy prices.

Develop a synchronized, harmonious, and rational energy system: electricity, oil and gas, coal, new and renewable energy; rationally distribute the energy system across territories; balance the exploration, exploitation, and processing stages; develop a synchronized system of infrastructure, services, and recycling; encourage the development of new and renewable energy sources and clean energy.

Applying achievements of knowledge economy, the 4th Industrial Revolution and scientific and technological advances to improve efficiency in energy use and saving, promote efficiency in energy business; increasingly improve the quality of energy supply and services.

Energy development is closely linked to environmental protection, ensuring energy development towards green and sustainable growth, effectively responding to climate change.

Planning objectives

The objective of planning is to synthesize, analyze, and evaluate the situation and results of implementing the National Energy Master Plan; evaluate the level of achievement compared to the National Energy Master Plan for the years 2021 - 2024, with the following contents:

- Analyzing and evaluating the natural factors, conditions, resources, context, and current state of spatial distribution and utilization of energy infrastructure systems, including power infrastructure, coal and oil and gas extraction and processing, new energy, renewable energy, and other forms of energy.

- Forecasting development trends, development scenarios and climate change that directly affect the national energy infrastructure system in the period 2026 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

- Assessment of inter-sectoral and regional linkages in the current status of national energy infrastructure development.

Simultaneously, the national energy demand forecast will be adjusted based on the requirements of socio-economic development in the new context; national energy supply sources will be analyzed; and opportunities and challenges for the development of the energy sector and national energy infrastructure system will be analyzed and assessed during the period 2025-2030, with a vision to 2050.

Identifying development perspectives and objectives, researching and developing a plan to adjust the development of national energy infrastructure for the period 2026-2030 and orientation for the period 2031-2050, in the context of adjusting the power source structure; selecting a plan with good economic and technical indicators and high feasibility; ensuring national energy security, and ensuring a harmonious and balanced combination of energy sub-sectors (coal, oil and gas, electricity and other energy sources).

Analyzing the feasibility of the national energy infrastructure development plan for the period 2025-2030 in terms of: construction progress; funding sources and mobilization capacity; developing a list of nationally important projects, priority investment projects of the national infrastructure sector and the order of priority for implementation....

Planning principles

The decision clearly states that planning must ensure continuity over time. Energy planning must be consistent with the National Master Plan, the National Marine Spatial Plan, the National Land Use Plan and related plans.

Ensuring scientific rigor, practicality, and reliability in planning methodology; ensuring harmonious and balanced integration between coal, oil and gas, electricity, and other energy sources; spatially distributing the development of the national energy infrastructure system across the country and its regions, including the scale of projects, locations, or planned routes; and ensuring the participation of all economic sectors in the development of the energy sector in accordance with the law.

The planning is dynamic and open, identifying a list of important national projects for the 2025 - 2030 period, and orienting the development of energy sub-sectors for the 2031 - 2050 period.

Content of the Planning Adjustment

Contents of National Energy Planning Adjustment: Includes 03 volumes.

Volume I: Comprehensive Report includes: Chapter 1 - Development Context and Basis for Planning Adjustment; Chapter 2 - Current State of National Energy Development; Chapter 3 - Socio-Economic Development Situation and Forecast; Chapter 4 - Assessment of Energy Efficiency and Forecast of National Energy Demand; Chapter 5 - Analysis of National Energy Supply Sources; Chapter 6 - National Energy Development Plan; Chapter 7 - Investment Capital Requirements; Chapter 8 - Mechanisms for Environmental Protection and Sustainable National Energy Development; Chapter 9 - Solutions and Resources for Planning Implementation; Chapter 10 - Conclusion and Recommendations.

Volume II: Database appendix, including: energy demand forecast results, calculation results of master energy planning options, list of important projects, priority investment projects.

Volume III: Maps and diagrams, according to the components and formats specified in Section IV, Appendix II of Decree No. 37/2019/ND-CP dated May 7, 2019 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Planning.

The estimated time for preparing the Plan is about 5 months from the date the Task of preparing the Adjustment of the National Energy Plan is approved and the consulting unit for preparing the Adjustment of the National Energy Plan is selected.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is the agency organizing the preparation of the National Energy Planning Adjustment, responsible for selecting a consulting unit to prepare the National Energy Planning Adjustment and ensuring the implementation of steps in accordance with the provisions of the law on planning and other relevant laws.

Phuong Nhi

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