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===Vinh Tan power station===
The [[Vinh Tan power station]] is a proposed 5,600-megawatt (MW) coal power plant complex in Bình Thuận province, Vietnam. Project sponsors include [[China Southern Power Grid Company]] and [[China Power Investment Corporation]]. Financiers include the [[Export-Import Bank of China]] and the [[China Development Bank]].
====Vĩnh Tân-1====
In July 2007, a consortium of [[Vinacomin]] and [[China Southern Power Grid Company]] received financing from the [[Asian Development Bank]] to build the two-unit, 1,200-MW Vĩnh Tân-1. Vinacomin signed a deal with two Indonesian coal mining companies in July 2008.<ref name=coalgossip>[http://coalgossip.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/vinacomin-signs-up-vinh-tan-coal/ "Vinacomin signs up Vinh Tan coal"], ''(Coal) gossip'' (blog), July 11, 2008.</ref>
In December 2012, the consortium — now also joined by the [[China Power Investment Corporation]] — signed an deal with the Vietnamese government for the plant's construction; the plant is scheduled to come online in 2018.<ref>[http://talkvietnam.com/2012/12/bot-contract-signed-for-vinh-tan-1-thermoelectric-plant/#.UuREqWQo61s BOT Contract Signed for Vinh Tan 1 Thermoelectric Plant], talkvietnam, Dec. 27, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.moit.gov.vn/en/News/466/signing-bot-contract-for-vinh-tan-1-thermal-power-plant.aspx Signing BOT Contract for Vinh Tan 1 Thermal Power Plant], Vietnam Ministry of Industry & Trade press release, Dec. 12, 2013.</ref> The two Chinese firms are providing 95% of the $1.6-$1.7 billion in capital for the plant's construction.<ref>[https://indochinapower.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/chinese-plug-into-local-power/ Chinese Plug Into Local Power], Indochina Energy, 21 June 2013.</ref>
====Vĩnh Tân-2====
In October 2009, [[Electricity of Vietnam]] (EVN) signed a construction contract with [[Shanghai Electric Group]] for the construction of the two-unit, 1,245-MW, $1.3 billion Vĩnh Tân-2.<ref name=chinadaily>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-10/24/content_8843725.htm Shanghai Electric to Help Build Vietnam Power Plant], ''China Daily'', Oct. 24, 2009.</ref> Construction work began in August 2010.<ref>[http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2010/08/construction-of-1.html Construction of 1,240MW Vinh Tan 2 Thermo-Electric Power Plant Commences in Vietnam], PennEnergy, Aug. 10, 2010.</ref> The first unit of the plant came online in January 2014, and the second in September 2014.<ref name=saigon>[http://english.thesaigontimes.vn/Home/business/other/24670/ Vinh Tan 2 Thermo-Power Plant Up and Running Next Year], ''Saigon Times'', July 24, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.vinacomin.vn/en/news/Home-News/Vinh-Tan-2-plant-generates-power-to-national-grid-1062.html "Vinh Tan 2 Plant Generates Power to National Grid"], Vinacomin press release, January 21, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://en.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Second-turbine-at-Vinh-Tan-power-plant-generates-power/20149/55111.vnplus "Second turbine at Vinh Tan power plant generates power"], ''Vietnam+'', 9 September 2014.</ref>
Vĩnh Tân-2 was funded by the [[Export-Import Bank of China]] and [[Vietnam Development Bank]].<ref>[http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/6183/evn-inks-120-mln-loan-deal-for-2-power-plants EVN Inks $120 Million Loan Deal for Two Power Plants], ''Tuoi Tre News'', Jan. 8, 2013</ref>
====Vĩnh Tân-3====
In October 2008, OneEnergy, a partnership of China's [[CLP Group]] and Japan's [[Mitsubishi Corporation]], announced that it would be partnering with [[Electricity of Vietnam]] to build the three-unit, 1,980-MW, $1.1 billion Vĩnh Tân-3, planning on beginning construction in 2010.<ref>[https://www.clp.com.hk/ourcompany/news/Documents/Vinh%20Tan(e)_20081009(final).pdf Vietnam Electricity Established its First IPP Partnership with OneEnergy], CLP Group press release, Oct. 9, 2008.</ref>
In October 2015 the China Development Bank reached an MoU with CLP Holdings' Vinh Tan 3 Energy Joint Stock Company on investment and financial arrangements for the Build-Operate-Transfer thermal power plant project Vinh Tan 3.<ref>[http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/145631/vietnam--china-ink-myriad-of-cooperation-documents.html "Vietnam, China ink myriad of cooperation documents,"] Vietnam Net, June 11, 2015</ref>
===Vung Ang power station===