US-based Pacifico Energy has been awarded a site survey license for a 500MW offshore wind project in Ba Ria Vung Tau, offshore Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
A license granted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) allows the company to carry out site survey evaluation activities at the proposed project site. According to Pacifico Energy, it is one of the first licenses granted to a foreign developer under the country’s new regulatory framework.
The company said the project forms part of its growing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region. In Vietnam, Pacifico Energy previously developed a 40 MW solar farm in Lam Dong and a 30 MW wind farm in Vinh Long.
Recently issued by Vietnamese authorities Similar scanning permissions for local developers. Earlier this year, the government allocated offshore areas to state-owned PetroVietnam and Electric Vietnam (EVN) companies to conduct investigations into offshore wind sites.
In 2025 Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Granting marine surveying rights to Refrigeration Electrical Engineering (REE) For a large-scale offshore wind project, allowing geological and measurement studies to be carried out as part of the early development of the project.
The Vietnamese company recently revealed plans to pump US$1 billion into offshore wind energy as part of its strategy to expand into renewable energy.
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