Vietnam: Things to know about electricity activity licenses

According to Article 32 of the Law on Electricity 2004 of Vietnam, organizations, individuals shall be granted electricity activity licenses, have their electricity operation licenses amended or supplemented when fully satisfying the following conditions:

- Having feasible projects or schemes for electricity activities;

- Having valid dossiers of application for the grant, amendment or supplementation of electricity activity licenses;

- The administrators or managers have the managerial capability and professional qualifications suitable to the fields of electricity activities.

Organizations and individuals applying for the grant, amendment or supplementation of electricity activity licenses must pay fees according to law provisions.

Dossiers of application for grant, amendment or supplementation of electricity activity licenses include:

- The written application for grant, amendment or supplementation of an electricity activity license.

- The electricity activity project or scheme.

- The report on assessment of environmental impacts of the electricity activity project already approved by a competent state body.

- The list, curricula vitae, diplomas evidencing the managerial capability, professional qualifications of administrators, managers of the electricity units.

An electricity activity license contains the following basic contents:

- Name and head-office address or the organization or individual licensed for electricity activities.

- Form of electricity activities.

- Rights and obligations of the organization or individual licensed for electricity activities.

- Scope of electricity activities.

- Techniques and technologies used in electricity activities.

- The term of the electricity activity license.

View more: The Law on Electricity 2004 of Vietnam takes effect from July 01, 2005.

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