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Bank of China contributes to $1.08 billion syndicated buyer’s credit loan to 1244MW Duyen Hai 1 Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#65791, #72770, #65794, #65148, #100725)

$216.74M USD

Funder	Bank of China (BOC)
Recipient Organization	Vietnam Electricity (EVN)
Country	Viet Nam
Start Date	Sep 26, 2011
End Date	Sep 20, 2033
Duration	8,030 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`100724`

Grant Description

China Eximbank, BOC and ICBC contribution to $1.08 billion syndicated buyer’s credit loan to 1244MW Duyen Hai 1 Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction Project On September 26, 2011, a group of banks and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) — a state-owned company — signed a $1,083,695,493 syndicated buyer’s credit loan (BCL) agreement for the 1244MW Duyen Hai 1 Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction Project.

The syndicate members included China Eximbank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Bank of China (BoC), BNP Paribas, and Société Générale.

Record ID#65148 captures the estimated financial commitment of China Eximbank, Record ID#100724 captures the estimated financial commitment of Bank of China, and Record ID#100725 captures the estimated financial commitment of ICBC.

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

💰 Loan Amountcarried a maturity of 14 years and two months but the grace period and interest rate are unknown

Sinosure provided export buyer’s credit insurance. On November 24, 2011, the Vietnam Ministry of Finance issued a sovereign guarantee in support of the loan.

The syndicated loan proceeds were to be used to finance 85% of the cost of an $1,210,580,000 EPC contract signed on March 30, 2010 with Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC). EVN covered the remaining 15% with counterpart funding.

The purpose of the project was to construct a 1244MW coal-fired power plant — with two, 622MW power generation units (Unit 1 and Unit 2) — in Dan Thanh commune, Duyên Hải district, and Trà Vinh province. Construction began on September 19, 2010. Unit 1 came on stream in January 2015, and Unit 2 came on stream in April 2015.

The project was completed and handed over to the local authorities on January 22, 2016.

China Eximbank, ICBC, Bank of China, and CDB also contributed to the Duyen Hai 2 Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction Project and the Duyen Hai 3 Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction Project (as captured via Record ID#65791, #72770, and #65794).

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the 2*622MW Duyen Hai 1 Project, the 1,245-MW Duyên Hải-1 Project, or the Duyen Hai 1 Coal-Fired Power Plant Project. The Chinese project title is 越南沿海火电项目. The Vietnamese project title is Duyên Hải-1.
The individual contributions of China Eximbank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, BNP Paribas, and Société Générale to the syndicated loan are unknown. For the time being, AidData assumes equal contributions ($216,739,098) across all five known members of the syndicate.
According to the Overseas Development Finance Dataset that Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center published in December 2020, China Eximbank supported this project with a $1 billion loan.

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Duyen Hai 1 financing agreement signed
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Gần 1,4 tỷ USD xây nhà máy nhiệt điện Duyên Hải 1
Ký hợp đồng tín dụng và EPC hai dự án điện
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Duyen Hai Power Generation Complex Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.