Eligibility Criteria E1 The request has a clear and positive benefit to the requesting country in mitigating, or adapting to the negative effect of, climate change. Yes The overall objective of the request is to develop a guideline for audit and calculation of the emission factors (EF) of fossil fuel thermal power plants to enhance quality of GHG inventory activities in energy sector. The request has direct link to the MRV implementation of power sector for NDC implementation. E2 The request is in line with national strategies and plans. Yes Yes, the energy sector will be the important role of the mitigation targets. Regarding the Decision of Prime Minister for national inventory of GHG approved in 2012, MOIT has been requested to implement the GHG inventory for energy sector and annually making the report of GHG emission to MONRE. Hence the request is line with national strategies, and it becomes important input national communication and Biannual Update report to UNFCCC. E3 The request enhances endogenous capacities. Yes The request will enhance the audit and reporting capacity of the personnel’s of the fossil fuel based thermal plants and relevant government agencies with a focus on MOIT and MONRE. The request has also identified the key stakeholders and their roles to support the implementation of the technical assistance. These stakeholders are various endogenous departments/bodies including ministries and institutes who will get benefitted in terms of capacity enhancement in due course of the technical assistance. E4 Processes are placed in the requesting country to monitor and evaluate any support provided. Yes The request made and signed by NDE confirms the same. Prioritisation Criteria P1 The request is aligned to the CTCN’s existing Programme of Work. Yes The request includes data survey and walk through audits of the thermal power plants followed by scientific methodologies would be applied to identify the baseline emission. The request will also enhance the capacity of the relevant stakeholders. P2 The request is aligned to the key themes of the Technology Framework of the Paris Agreement. Yes Though the request has shown some level of readiness in term of the existing data and process for estimating electricity grid emission factor including the emission factors for the thermal power plant, it lacks the details on the combustion efficiency to report the sectoral emission on a larger scale for NDC assessment purpose. While the Emission Factor will be specific to Viet Nam, the approach adopted for estimating it and to undertake the Energy Efficiency audit has large potential for replication at regional level. The study will apply the methodology for EF calculation in 2 plants on pilot basis which may be replicated for all the he thermal power plants in Viet Nam. P3 The request is submitted by LDCs or SIDS or by a country that has not received CTCN technical assistance in the last 5 years, taking into account regional balance. No The request does not demonstrate any such collaboration directly. However, it has a large potential for collaboration with other countries in the region serving as knowledge exchange or demonstration of the approach to undertake the EE audits and EF estimation for thermal power plants. P4 The request contributes to the CTCN’s portfolio balance between mitigation and adaptation. No The request has not stated further leveraging of public or private financing. P5 The request has the potential to contribute to systems transformations (nationally, regionally, and/or internationally). Yes The request will lead to the estimation of emission factors that will become the basis of basis for Determining the contribution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from economical and efficient use of energy and developing new energy, renewable energy in Vietnam. P6 The request is part of multi-country approach to allow regional bundling of requests to promote collaboration among stakeholders, including between countries (South-South, bilateral, or multilateral cooperation). Yes The energy audit in power plant will lead to energy and cost saving in thermal power plants leading to employment opportunities with gender and youth inclusion. Eligibility score 4/4 Prioritisation score 4/6