
Key Considerations for Strong Power Development Planning: Lessons from Vietnam
USAID and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) have worked together through the first USAID Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program (V-LEEP) and V-LEEP II to enhance Vietnam’s long-term energy strategy development, mobilize private investments for renewable energy, and improve industrial energy efficiency, introducing new tools and modeling approaches for Vietnam’s eighth Power Development Plan (PDP-8). The program supported improved