A working delegation from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), led by Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai, held a working session with Quang Ninh province on the revised Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8).

On July 21, in Quang Ninh, a working delegation from the MoIT, led by Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai, held a working session with the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee on the province's industrial and energy development.

The session focused on reviewing the implementation of the revised PDP8, examining power source and grid projects to be adjusted, updated, and added to the plan, as well as the industrial development situation in Quang Ninh province. Participants also raised practical difficulties and obstacles and proposed solutions to accelerate implementation in the sector.

Reporting at the session, a representative of Quang Ninh province said that under the revised PDP8, the province is planned to have 29 power source projects with a total capacity of 10,186 MW for the 2025 - 2035 period. Of these, the 2025-2030 period alone includes 21 power source projects (with a total capacity of 3,502 MW) and 27 transmission grid projects, comprising four 500kV projects and 23 220kV projects. To date, Quang Ninh has completed updating the list of power source and grid projects into the provincial master plan as well as urban and rural plans.

Regarding industrial development, in the first six months of 2026, industry accounted for 43.22% of the province's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) structure. Of this, mining accounted for 14.43%, while manufacturing and processing accounted for 13.49%. The production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning accounted for 14.93%, while water supply and waste and wastewater management and treatment accounted for 0.38%. Manufacturing and processing was the fastest-growing sector over the period, with average annual growth of over 21%, making it a key driver of the province's GRDP growth.

Overall, the scale and structure of Quang Ninh's industrial sector are shifting in a more modern direction, gradually reducing dependence on resource extraction while strengthening the role of manufacturing and processing, in line with the orientation toward sustainable development and improved growth quality.

Quang Ninh province proposed that the MoIT compile and report to competent authorities to consider, provide guidance on, and address difficulties and obstacles in implementing the Government's resolutions on industrial development and power source and grid projects under the revised PDP8.

At the session, Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai stressed that Quang Ninh is a major industrial and energy hub, holding a particularly important position for the socio-economic development of the northern region and the whole country. The effective implementation of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2050 (the revised PDP8 under Decision No. 768/QD-TTg), and its implementation plan (Decision No. 1509/QD-BCT), is an especially urgent task to firmly ensure national energy security and meet the requirements of rapid and sustainable economic growth.

The Deputy Minister highly appreciated Quang Ninh's achievements in implementing power source and grid investment projects and industrial development in recent times. He also asked the province to continue coordinating closely with relevant units to remove difficulties and speed up progress, to focus on implementing renewable energy projects, including solar and wind power, in line with the plan, and to effectively carry out the tasks assigned by the Government under Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP.

Some images captured by the Newspaper of Industry and Trade at the working session: