Tokyo Gas Company is one of the largest gas companies in Japan and has an important position in the global gas industry. Tokyo Gas is supplying gas to more than 11 million customers in Japan and is the main supplier of liquefied petroleum gas to many major cities in Japan. On September 26, 2022, at the 2nd Asian Green Growth Partnership Ministerial Conference held in Tokyo (Japan), Truong Thanh Vietnam Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan's two leading partners, Tokyo Gas and Northern Kyushu Power Company, cooperate in research and investment in a thermal power plant project using liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Thai Binh (expected location). investment in Thai Thuy district) with a capacity of phase 1 of 1,500 MW. On behalf of the investor group, Mr. Toshihide Kasutani welcomed the delegation of Thai Binh province who came to promote investment in Japan, visited and worked at Tokyo Gas Company.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Tien Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council expressed his pleasure when the delegation of Thai Binh province came to promote investment in Japan, working with Mr. leadership and visit the factory of Tokyo Gas Company. He emphasized that although the Covid-19 epidemic still has many complicated developments and investment activities are limited, Tokyo Gas Company and Northern Kyushu Power Company are still together with Truong Son Group Joint Stock Company. Thanh Vietnam conducts a survey and research on investment in Thai Binh province. The LNG thermal power plant project in Thai Binh was selected as one of 12 typical projects in Asia signed at the 2nd Asian Green Growth Partnership Ministerial Conference on September 26, 2019. The last 2022 in Tokyo (Japan) has shown the important role of the project in the energy transition process in Asia in general, in Vietnam in particular and this has a very special meaning for the province. Peaceful.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council affirmed: Thai Binh is one of the localities with a dynamic developing economy of Vietnam, so provincial leaders are deeply aware that now enterprises Large foreign investment investing in key sectors such as Tokyo Gas and Northern Kyushu Electric Power is the driving force of local economic development. Investors and businessmen who come to cooperate and invest in Thai Binh are friends and benefactors of the province, creating the common success of local socio-economic development. Thai Binh province will always accompany investors in surveying and selecting investment locations; accompanying investors in handling administrative procedures, including those under the central authority. The province will also seriously, fully and promptly implement commitments on the following contents: creating an attractive and transparent business investment environment; creating the best favorable conditions for investors in terms of: investment procedures, site clearance, infrastructure construction, human resources...

Especially for Japanese investors, the province will direct the Provincial Development and Investment Promotion Center to provide maximum support for investment procedures and support 100% of the cost of implementing investment procedures. . Along with that, the province will accompany investors to promptly solve all difficulties and problems of investors during the investment process, production and business activities of the project. Thai Binh always respects Japanese investors who come to invest in Thai Binh and invites Japanese investors and partners to continue to study and survey investment and business cooperation opportunities in the province.

Through a meeting with leaders of Tokyo Gas Company, the provincial delegation is ready to listen to the opinions of business representatives, exchange and answer questions of enterprises about the LNG thermal power plant project as well as such as environment, policies to attract investment in Thai Binh. Thereby, business leaders will understand more about the commitment and companionship of Thai Binh province's leaders to investors from Japan in general and Tokyo Gas Company in particular.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also expressed his wish that Thai Binh province will receive a visit from Tokyo Gas Company as soon as possible, thereby contributing to strengthening the relationship. cooperation between Thai Binh province and Tokyo Gas Company is growing and getting better.

At the meeting, representatives of the two sides discussed the development plan of the LNG thermal power plant project in Thai Binh. Mr. Toshihide Kasutani, CEO of overseas business and investment division, Tokyo Gas Company, would like to thank Thai Binh province for supporting and creating maximum conditions for investors to deploy before a number of projects. important tasks such as: studying the location of the FSRU floating warehouse, making a pre-feasibility study report. This has helped speed up the progress of the project as directed by the leaders of Thai Binh province. The leader of Tokyo Gas Company also affirmed that the Thai Binh LNG thermal power plant project is an important project, not only for Thai Binh province but also for Vietnam, helping to meet the rapidly increasing electricity demand in the North. and help Vietnam reach net-zero emissions soon. Thai Binh has a good geographical position with many favorable conditions for the LNG thermal power plant project.

In order to achieve the goal of starting the project in 2025 and completing commercial operation in 2028 - 2029, the investor complex wishes that Thai Binh province would continue to create favorable conditions to support and allow the investor complex. pre-deploying some important works such as financing 1/2000 planning, conducting in-depth surveys at the project site, as well as the province creating favorable conditions to accelerate the investor selection process of the project. project, after the power planning VIII is approved.

After that, the provincial delegation visited the LNG warehouse of Tokyo Gas Company.

Source: Manh Cuong - Thai Binh Newspaper (synthesized)