Minister Nguyen Hong Dien reports to the National Assembly 10 groups of specific mechanisms and policies for nuclear power.

The Government submitted to the National Assembly 10 groups of specific mechanisms and policies for nuclear power projects.

Continuing the working program of the 9th Extraordinary Session, on the morning of February 14, under the authorization of the Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien read the Report on special mechanisms and policies for investment in the construction of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project. The report stated:

The 10th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee agreed on the policy of restarting the Nuclear Power Program and the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project.

The 8th session of the 15th National Assembly issued Resolution No. 174 dated November 30, 2024 on "Continuing to implement the investment policy of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project".

To implement the above policies, the Government has directed ministries, departments and branches to urgently carry out necessary tasks to soon put the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project into operation in 2030-2031, ensuring national energy security and meeting the electricity demand for the country's socio-economic development.

Reporting to the National Assembly, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien emphasized that this is a particularly important project with complex technology , owned by only a few countries; the investment capital demand is very large and this is the first time it is invested and built in our country, so it is very necessary to have specific mechanisms and policies, strong enough to speed up progress and shorten implementation time.

“Implementing the direction of the Politburo in Notice No. 121 dated February 6, 2025 of the Central Party Office, on February 8, 2025, the Government issued Submission No. 74, submitting to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of specific mechanisms and policies for the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project,” said Minister Nguyen Hong Dien.

Authorized by the Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien presented groups of mechanisms and policies.

Accordingly, the Government proposed 10 groups of specific mechanisms and policies for the Project, specifically:

The first, Allows simultaneous implementation of work on negotiating agreements and agreements with partners in parallel with the process of preparing documents and approving adjustments to investment policies and approving investment projects.

Monday, Selection of investors and implementing investors: The Prime Minister assigns investors to implement projects; Applying the form of turnkey contracts and designated bidding for turnkey packages for construction of main factories with contractors in the agreement or Intergovernmental Agreement; Applying the form of designated bidding/abbreviated designated bidding for important consulting packages to establish, examine, evaluate, and assist investors in managing and implementing projects; purchasing fuel, hiring partners for operation and maintenance in the initial period.

Tuesday, carried out in parallel, at the same time, some project preparation work (feasibility study survey, technical design, mine clearance, component project implementation...) during the negotiation process of agreements, agreements, turnkey contracts before approving the investment project.

Wednesday, Mechanism on financial plan and capital arrangement for project implementation: Negotiating government loans with partners; allowing investors to re-borrow without bearing credit risks; using increased revenue, saving budget expenditures and other legal capital sources; investors are allowed to use loans from government/enterprise/project bonds and some other mechanisms to have enough counterpart capital to implement the project; Arranging state budget capital to implement migration and resettlement projects;

Thursday, mechanism for applying technical regulations, standards, norms; norms, unit prices.

Sixth, the mechanism allows investors to exempt themselves from reporting procedures to the owner's representative agency for consideration and approval of investment projects and capital mobilization plans.

Saturday, mechanisms and policies for Ninh Thuan province to implement the nuclear power plant compensation and resettlement project; develop infrastructure to serve nuclear power construction; ensure the supply of materials for project construction; ensure social security for people in the project area.

Eighth, Mechanism on procedures for approving the policy of changing forest use to other purposes for items related to the Project and its component projects; handling overlapping national mineral reserve areas; handling overlapping planning (if any) during the implementation of the Project.

Ninth, Mechanism for implementing environmental impact assessment report consultation.

Tenth, Other necessary mechanisms and policies will be specifically studied to synthesize and report in the dossier submitted to the National Assembly to adjust the investment policy of Ninh Thuan nuclear power projects.

Minister Nguyen Hong Dien affirmed: "The implementation of the above-mentioned specific mechanisms and policies is very urgent to speed up the completion progress, contribute to ensuring national energy security, and meet the electricity demand for the country's socio-economic development in the new era.

The Government respectfully submits to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of the above-mentioned specific mechanisms and policies at this Session, as a basis for implementing the Project, ensuring quality and progress as required.

During the project implementation process, if new issues arise or if this mechanism and policy need to be amended or supplemented, the Government will continue to research and report to the National Assembly for consideration and decision.

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