Addressing the workshop, Nguyen Cong Vinh, vice chairman of the provincial administration, emphasised that the development of renewable energy, including offshore wind power, is considered one of the key breakthrough solutions for energy conversion whilst also ensuring national energy security.

It is also one of the major goals in the province’s plan for the 2021 - 2030 period with a vision towards 2050, as approved by the Prime Minister, he said.

According to the official, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has a lot of potential to develop offshore wind power and form an inter-regional renewable energy industrial and service center. Therefore, developing renewable energy is one of the key tasks to ensure socio-economic development, defense and security of the province and the entire Southeast region in the coming years.

At the workshop, Danish and Vietnamese experts analysed challenges faced in offshore wind power development, shared experiences and examined key issues regarding the development of offshore wind power projects.

Furthermore, they also discussed support policies, feasibility, and the efficiency of energy projects in order to ensure the competitiveness and sustainability of offshore wind power projects.

Stuart Livesey, general director of Copenhagen Offshore Partners Vietnam, shared that seaports represent an important sphere of ​​investment to serve the assembly of various equipment and components on a large scale.

It is expected to create a wealth of opportunities to upgrade port infrastructure, not only serving the offshore wind power industry, but also for other types of marine energy industries, he noted.

At the workshop, businesss reprsentatives and investors also recommended that relevant ministries and agencies move to swiftly issue policies to create favourable conditions for them to develop this industry.