Donors’s seminar for supporting the development of EVNNPT

​Donors’s seminar for supporting the development of EVNNPT​

The seminar is to introduce to the donors the main contents of project “Assessment of current status of Vietnam national power transmission system and recommendation of solutions to overcome the existings” done by EGI – a company under Belgium ELIA Group – one of the 5 top power transmission organizations in Europe and one of 15 top leading power transmission utilities in the world. EGI has indicated 33 recommendations in order to strengthen capacity and increase quality for Vietnam national power transmission system. To implement these recommendations, EVNNPT has proposed the donors to provide support in: (i) gaining the funding program to carry out the set targets; (2) approaching the science-technical achievements, the new technologies in power transmission in the world; (3) collecting the statistics and key performance indicators of the regional and international power transmission utilities; and (4) considering, recommending to the Government, relevant agencies to revise the institutions and issue relevant policies to support EVNNPT in construction investment, management and operation of the national power transmission system.

Participation in the seminar includes representatives of the relevant agencies of power sector, such as: Electricity and Renewable Energy Agency (EREA), Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV), Vietnam Electricity (EVN), National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC), representatives of donors: World Bank (WB), KfW (German Reinfrastructure Bank), AFD (French Development Agency), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA); representatives of British Embassy, Belgium Embassy and international organizations:GIZ (German International cooperation organization), EU Delegation, United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA), AICS (Agency for Italian Development Cooperation) and Denmark Energy Partnership Program (DEPP).

EVNNPT’s Chairman of the Board of Directors made a speech at the Seminar

Making a speech at the seminar, Chairman Dang Phan Tuong celebrated and thanked all participants at the seminar. The Chairman informed the main achievements gained by EVNNPT over the last 10 years as well as the difficulties, challenges faced in the coming time. Three strategic targets set out and to be implemented upto 2030 by EVNNPT has been emphasized by the Chairman: (1) to develop EVNNPT to become one the top 4  leading transmission utilities in ASEAN by 2020; (2) become one of top 10 leading transmission utilities in Asia by 2025; and (3) reach a world advanced knowledge in power transmission by 2030. Besides, the Chairman also mentioned the solutions implemented by EVNNPT synchronousely in order to reach the set targets: increase productivity, quality, efficiency; push up the application of science-technological advance, especially the achievements of the 4th industrial revolution in EVNNPT’s business core; push up the training, increasing quality of human resources, formulating the qualified technical experts and skilled professional technical staff, etc.

Mr. Markus Berger – EGI’s Chairman revealed that maintaining sufficient sustainable and reliable energy sources of reasonable price is important for the growth and development. According to forecast, the world energy consumption will be double in first 50 years of this century. Therefore, approach to energy sources become more and more difficult. At the same time, the severe impacts by climate change caused by the energy challenges that we are facing become more complicated. That’s why, a parallel development of power generation and transmission, in which transmission grid must be expanded and modernized, are very needed. As the role of one of the biggest power transmission operators in Europe and one of the leading power transmission utilities in the world, he believes that ELIA and the donors could support EVNNPT in reaching the strategic targets.​

Mr. Markus Berger – EGI’s Chairman made a presentation

Representative of EGI, Mr. Didier Wiot – President and CEO presented briefly the roles of units participated in power transmission, structure of Vietnam’s power transmission system, changing orientation of EVNNPT in future, proposed 4 basic programs supporting development roadmap for EVNNPT, NLDC and Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to ensure the power transmission with the integrated renewable Energy Soruces (RES) and settle the technical challenges: facilitating the RES integration; increasing investment cost efficiency ; capacity building of the Transmission System Operators (TSO) and develop the power system in coming future. He emphasized that EVNNPT needs a good preparation for the coming challenges related to 4 groups of issues: (1) regulation framework: regulations, laws…; (2) power development and operation planning; (3) current status of infrastructure and technical knowledge, and (4) management and operation structure. 

Mr. Didier Wiot – EGI President and CEO made a presentation

In the discussion, a representative of WB a biggest donor to EVNNPT in the construction investment and the technical assistance, Mr. Tran Tan Hung – Energy Specialist shared that WB is willing to support EVNNPT in capacity building by the Technical Assistance projects (TA projects). At present, EVNNPT can consider to propose more TA projects to utilize USD 25 million under Component 3: Capacity building and institution strengening of the ongoing Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) funded by WB. Representatives from organizations: AFD, KfW, GIZ, USTDA, EU Delegation,  AICS and DEPP revealed that they always accompany and consider to support EVNNPT in the suitable moments with appropriate projects, meeting criteria of the organization. The participants also shared about the past and ongoing TA projects funded to Vietnam in general and the power sector in particular.

Making a closing speech, Chairman Dang Phan Tuong confirmed that the comments by participants/representatives of organizations are very helpful for EVNNPT in developing a power transmission system to be more integrated, modern and to complete the set targets. He revealed at the seminar that EVNNPT expects to get more support and instruction by MoIT, EVN as well as the accompliance by donors. Through the seminar, EVNNPT can expand and diversify relations with many international power transmission utilities to learn and exchange experiences in order to complete the strategic targets under the bridging support by donors, international organizations and Embassies of the countries in Vietnam./.

A photo of the Seminar participants