ASEAN banking integration framework
air conditioner
ASEAN Economic Community
Agence Française de Développement (French development agency)
average retail tariff
ASEAN Power Grid
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
business to business
business to consumer
business-as-usual
build-operate-transfer
build-own-operate-transfer
Brooklyn-Queens Demand Side Management Programme
contract for difference
corporate income tax
Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises
Carbon Dioxide
Consolidated Edison Company
corona virus disease 2019
Clean Production and Energy Efficiency Project
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Danish International Development Agency
Department of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development
designated energy user
Department of Industry and Trade
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
direct power purchase agreement
Department of Planning and Investment
demand-side management
environmental and social
Export Credit Agency
energy efficiency
Energy Efficiency Action Plan
energy performance contract
Environmental protection tax
Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam
Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority
energy services company
environment social and governance
European Union
Viet Nam Electricity
Viet Nam Electricity Power Trading Company
Viet Nam Electricity National Load Dispatch Centre
Viet Nam Electricity National Power Transmission Corporation
foreign direct investment
Foreign Investment Agency
feed-in tariff
free trade agreement
gross domestic product
generation company
government guarantee undertaking
greenhouse gas
Global Intellectual Property Index
greater Mekong subregion
gigawatt (one billion Watts)
issuer default rating
Institute of Energy
International Energy Agency
intellectual property
initial public offering
independent power producer
independent power transmission
International Renewable Energy Agency
investor state dispute settlement
International Organisation for Standardisation
Japanese Bank for International Cooperation
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (German state-owned investment and development bank)
Kilovolt
kilowatt-hour
kiloton of oil equivalent
levelised cost of electricity
light-emitting diode
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (green building certification standard)
liquefied natural gas
Laos PDR, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore Power Integration Project
land use right certificate
minimum energy performance standards
Ministry of Construction
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Planning and Investment
million tonnes of oil equivalent
million tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide) equivalent
Megawatt (one million Watts)
Megawatt power
National Load Dispatch Centre
The National Technology Innovation Fund
Nationally Determined Contribution
operation and maintenance
overseas development aid
pay as you go
Power Development Plan
power purchase agreement
Provincial People’s Committee
public private partnership
New York Public Service Commission
Photovoltaic
qualified ASEAN bank
research and development
renewable energy
Renewable Energy Development Strategy
South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme
renewable energy independent power producer
renewable portfolio standard
Roadmap for Monetary and Financial Integration of ASEAN
State Bank of Viet Nam
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (system of software and hardware which enables remote control of equipment)
specific energy consumption
State Securities Commission
sustainable development goal
Socio-Economic Development Strategy
state-owned enterprise
Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality
technical and vocational education and training
total final consumption
tonnes of oil equivalent
total primary energy supply
trade related investment measures
Terawatt-hour
United for Efficiency
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United States Dollar
value-added tax
Viet Nam Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Association
Viet Nam energy efficiency building code
Viet Nam Environmental Protection Fund
Viet Nam Energy Partnership Group
Viet Nam Green Building Council
Viet Nam Initiative for Energy Transition
Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group
Vietnamese Dong
Viet Nam Energy Efficiency Programme
Viet Nam Sustainability Index
variable renewable energy
Watt
European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
World Intellectual Property Organisation
World Trade Organisation
World Trade Organisation trade related investment measures
World Trade Organisation Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement