The General Directorate of Energy – Ministry of Industry and Trade Vietnam jointly with GIZ under the Energy Support Programme released the publication, Wind Power Investment Guidelines: Project Development . Supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) within the German Climate Technology Initiative (Deutsche Klimatechnologie Initiative – DKTI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Wind Power Investment Guidelines present an overview of the different steps necessary in developing a wind farm in Vietnam. As in most countries, the development stages of a wind power project in Vietnam consist of preliminary development, project development, project implementation, operation and maintenance (O&M), and at the end of the project lifetime, decommissioning. While these phases are common to all wind power projects, the necessary steps to complete each phase, such as required permits and licenses, are defined by regulations and practices of each country.