In September 2025, Vietnam’s then prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, joined the country’s wealthiest person, Pham Nhat Vuong, to break ground on what was to be the country’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. At the time of the ceremony, Vietnam only had one operational LNG power project. But the slated USD 6.7 billion, 4.8 gigawatt (GW) plant in the northern industrial hub of Hai Phon...