Curriculum Vitae: MSc.

Nguyen Thanh Nam (VMW, Vietnam)

Profile
Nguyen Thanh Nam is General Director at Vietnam MW ("VMW") who undertakes company strategy for
development, Companys products strategy for development, leading in business, technical and human
resource, Cooperation with partners. He has over 15 year experience in the power system (demand, generation,
transmission system and distribution system), power market (generation pricing, marginal price, bidding in
power market, value at risk, financial model), power sector reform, automation system and smart grid
(SCADA/EMS, SCADA/DMS, automation system, tele-metering system, AMI system), IT system (optimization
software, forecasting software, Artificial Neuron Network - ANN, database management and storing)
Prior to establish VMW, Nam was Chief Technical Officer at Vietnam Power Resource Partners Corporation
(2009-2011), Nam worked for Vietnam Electricity (EVN) from 2000-2009 (Nam was Power System Planning
Engineer, System and Market Operator at National Load Dispatch Centre - NLDC from 2000-2008, Nam was head
of Planning Department at Electric Power Trading Company - EPTC from 2008-2009, both NLDC and EPTC are
subsidiary company of EVN).
1. Proposed
Position
Local Consultant
2. Name of Firm
Vietnam MW Company., Ltd
3. Name of Staff
Nguyen Thanh Nam
4. Date of Birth
30 May 1977 Nationality: Vietnam
5. Telephone
Mobile: +84 966 866 766 Email: nam@vmw.vn
Land line: +84 462 767 080
6. Education


2004-2006 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Hanoi University of Technology
and Science

1995-2000 Power System Engineer, Hanoi University of Technology and Science
7. Membership of
Professional
Associations
-
8. Country of Work
Experience
Vietnam, Australia, Sri Lanka
9. Other Training

2008
Power market training course., Singapore
2007
Power market training course, Korea Power Exchange., Korea
2006
Power market intensive training course, PB Associates., NZ
2004
Power System Analysis at Energy Concepts International Corporation., USA
2001
Operation and Maintenance of Thermal Power Plant at Japan Electric Power
Information Centre, INC., Japan
2000-2001
Power System Operator and Power System Planning Engineer, National Load
Dispatch Centre, Vietnam
2000
Consultant and designing transmission, distribution lines and substations at
Northern Power Corporation
10. Languages
English, Vietnamese
11. Employment
Record

2011- present General Director at Vietnam MW (VMW)
Company strategy for development
Companys products strategy for development
Leading in business, technical and human resource
Cooperation with partners.
Consulting in: Power market, power system analysis, SCADA/EMS system,
Smart Grid, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Demand Response
Optimization software solution and development
2009-2011 Chief Technical Officer at Vietnam Power Resource Partners Corporation
(Vietnam PRP)
Responsibility for technical aspects
Managing technical department: Power system analysis, IT and research
group
2008-2009 Head of Planning Department at Electric Power Trading Company
Vietnam Electricity (EPTC-EVN)
Electric power trading planning: Year ahead, month ahead, week ahead
planning
Determining generation pricing and power purchase agreement (PPA)
negotiation
Power market: Contribution to Vietnam power market development
(power market design, market rules) and relevant decisions and
procedures as Grid Code for Generation Competitive Market, standard
PPA, Least-Cost Planning and Implementation Procedures For the
Competitive Generation Market, Transmission fees methodologies for
Vietnam, dispute settlement & enforcement procedure regulation
2000-2008 National Power System Planning Engineer at National Load Dispatch
Centre Vietnam Electricity (NLDC-EVN)
Power market: Contribution to Vietnam power market development
(power market design, market rules), market operator
Power system study: Load flow, short circuit, dynamic stability, static
stability
Vietnam power system operation and control
Making Vietnam power system operational planning: Five year ahead, year
ahead, month ahead, week ahead, day ahead and hour ahead planning.
Energy and Power balancing
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition/Energy Management System
(SCADA/EMS) integrated
2000 Power System Engineer at Northern Power Corporation Vietnam
Electricity (NPC-EVN)
Designing: distribution line and substation
12. Detailed Tasks
Assigned
Nguyen Thanh Nam proposes to undertake the role of consultant on this project.
13. Work Undertaken that best illustrates capability to handle the tasks assigned

Project Name: Vietnam Power Market Development
Year: 2014-2015
Location: Vietnam
Client: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Position held: Local Resident Advisor
Activities Performed:
o Assist the Resident Advisor in familiarizing with the existing Vietnam Wholesale
Competitive Market (VWCM) conceptual design; research international practices and
experiences in power sector reforms applicable to Vietnams situation; Interact with
ERAVs other consultants preparing the VWCM detailed design to provide timely interim
advice and comments on the VWCM detailed design as it is being prepared; and
reviewing the VWCM detailed design and provide comments.
o Together with the Resident Advisor, the Consultant will:
o Review the current structure of Vietnam power sector and the evolution of the
sector since Vietnam has initiated the Road Map;
o Review the current status and legal and regulatory frameworks of Vietnam
power sector;
o Propose options for power sector reform which are focused on 03 segments: (i)
Generation; (ii) Distribution/retail segment; and (iii) System and market
operation;
o Prepare a transition plan to transition smoothly from the current structure to
the proposed VWCM structure which shall include: (i) legal framework, (ii)
sector reform requirement for the VWCM operation, (iii) infrastructure f or the
VWCM, and capacity building requirements for the VWCM.
o Prepare capacity development plan for ERAV and stakeholders.
o Support ERAV in monitoring the VCGM operation and assessing market
performance
o Assist ERAVs other day to day tasks related to establishing VWCM


Project Name: The electricity supply chain analysis and Proposals for Revamping
Year: 2014
Location: Sri Lanka
Client: Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL)
Position held: Technical Expert
Activities Performed:
o Review generation and transmission operation planning process, including: year ahead,
month ahead, week ahead, day ahead planning;
o Review dispatch instruction and ex-post calculation;
o Analyse the efficiency of the existing electricity supply chain;
o Propose about Economic Dispatch and Planning methodology with transmission
constraint to minimize generation cost, including long-term and short-term;
o Proposal on real-time operation mechanism;
o Proposal on ex-post calculation mechanism;
o Proposal on requirements of software using for operational planning
Proposal on Data collection and management.

Project Name: Support hydro power plants under PetroVietnam for optimal operation and bidding
in Vietnam Competitive Generation Market.
Year: 2014
Location: Vietnam
Client: Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI)
Position held: Project Manager
Activities Performed:
o Data collection
o Forecasting inflow
o Forecasting power market price
o Optimal operation planning for year ahead, month ahead and week ahead
Optimal reservoir operation
Generation planning
Revenue/profit
o Operation schedule for day ahead
Generation schedule
Revenue/profit
Optimal bidding for day ahead
o Value at risk analysis
o Reports


Project Name: Support Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV) in implementation of
pilot demand response program(s) for Power Corporations (PCs)
Year: 2014 - 2015
Location: Vietnam
Client: ERAV
Position held: Local Consultant
Activities Performed:
o Local support (Local consultant) to assist, among others, in information collection,
translations and communication with PCs.
o Collecting and translating into English all documents relating to current
situation/changes of power system, demand supply planning, electricity consumption,
scheduling/dispatching issues, 30-minute load profile database and send to the
Consultant; translate PCs and EVN documents/reports; communicate with PCs and EVN
as may be required;
o Implement marketing program;
o Supervisory pilot project implementation;
o Contribution and review reports.


Project Name: Strategic Options for Enhanced Financial Performance of Vietnam Electricity (EVN)
Year: 2013-2014
Location: Vietnam
Client: The World Bank
Position held: Local Project Coordinator and Specialist
Activities Performed:
o Liaise in communications with the different stakeholders, and primarily with the EVN
project managers
o Join with project team to assist in the collection of data
o Provide input on the social issues in the social impact assessment
o Attend project workshops and meetings with the international consultants when they
are in Hanoi.
o Provide translation of the report deliverables
o Review and provide feedback on key deliverables as per International Consultant
request.

Project Name: Smart Grid implementation support consultant for National Transmission
Corporation of Vietnam & The World Bank
Year: 2013-2014
Location: Vietnam
Client: The World Bank (WB)
Position held: Local Project Coordinator and Specialist
Activities Performed:
o Provide inputs relied on his technical knowledge of the Vietnamese Power Sector to the
International Specialists.
o Assist to the Consultant team in collecting all the information available of the existing
experiences in the Substation Automation System in Vietnam.
o Contribute in the preparation of the reports
o Collaborate on the preparation and assist in reviewing the Final Report
o Translate the deliverables from English to Vietnamese and if required the data received if
from Vietnamese to English.
o Facilitate communications with The World Bank project managers and with the different
stakeholders.
o Participate on every mission to Vietnam assisting in the translation and in the collection
of data from EVN, National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT), Power Transmission
Companies (PTCs) and others.
o Attend to all the project site visits, workshops and meetings with the international
consultants when they are in Vietnam.
o Organize workshop logistics: reserve hotel meeting facilities, arrange for interpreter
(with technical translation ability), and liaise with WB/NPT and stakeholders as
needed.

Project Name: Consulting Service For Establishing Technical Specifications of AMI for Vietnam
Year: 2013
Location: Vietnam
Client: Ho Chi Minh Power Corporation
Position held: Local Project Coordinator and Specialist
Activities Performed:
o Provide inputs relied on his technical knowledge of the Vietnamese Power Sector to the
International Specialists.
o Assist to the Consultant team in collecting all the information available of the existing
experiences in the applications of AMR/AMI in Vietnam.
o Contribute in the preparation of the AMI full technical specifications according to
telecommunications, metering code, electricity pricing and payment, SCADA/EMS
system, SCADA/DMS system, telecommunication, etc
o Assist in developing the AMI solution matrix.
o Provide assistance to the Consultant team in the evaluation of the technology options.
o Collaborate on the preparation and assist in reviewing the Final Report
o Translate the deliverables from English to Vietnamese and if required the data received if
from Vietnamese to English.
o Facilitate communications with HCMPC project managers and with the different
stakeholders.
o Participate on every mission to Vietnam assisting in the translation and in the collection
of data from ERAV, EVNIT, 5 PCs and others.
o Attend to all the project site visits, workshops and meetings with the international
consultants when they are in Vietnam.
o Organize workshop logistics: reserve hotel meeting facilities, arrange for interpreter
(with technical translation ability), and liaise with HCMPC/stakeholders as needed.

Project Name: SCADA system of Se San 3A hydro power plant
Year: 2013
Location: Vietnam
Client: Se San 3A Joint Stock Company
Position held: Project Leader
Activities Performed:
- Survey:
o Existing Distributed Control System (DCS)
o Gateway system
o Tele-communication system
- Consulting and building new SCADA system at Se San 3A Joint Stock Company office, this
system can connect to DCS system, remote control and supervisory the power plant far from
90 km.
o Gateway configuration
o Database design and building
o Software development
o Man - Machine Interface building
o Communication installation and configuration
o Installation and Integrated system
o End to end testing

Project Name: Assessment of Transmission Charges and Transmission Marginal Loss Factors
Year: 2013
Location: Australia
Client: Intelligent Energy Systems (IES)
Position held: Power System Expert
Activities Performed:
o Building power system model
o Run many power flow studies
o Results analysis

Project Name: Consulting Services for Organization of District Power Distribution Company
Year: 2013
Location: Vietnam
Client: EVNCPC
Position held: Local consultant
Activities Performed:
o Local project coordination
o Survey: Review of Existing Arrangements
o Review and comment on report taking into account the Vietnamese context.

Project Name: Vietnam Rural Distribution Project, project component: Network modelling
Year: 2011-2012
Location: Vietnam
Client: EVNCPC
Position held: Individual Consultant
Activities Performed:
o Visiting the 5 PCs survey and assess the available facility and staff skills in using PSS/E
o Preparing PSS/E users manual
o Conducting Training Program
o Application of Training
o Conducting study tour in Australia
o Continued Support

Project Name: Power market trading system for PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PVPower)
Year: 2011-2012
Location: Vietnam
Client: PVPower
Position held: Project Director
Activities Performed:
- Survey:
o Operation of power plants under PVPower
o Existing IT system at PVPower and their power plants
- Developing Power market trading system with functions:
o Long-term and short-term planning (Year ahead, month ahead, week ahead, day ahead
planning): Quantity, Revenue, Cost, Profit, fuel, outage schedule
o Bidding in the market: Strategy, value at risk, optimal bid
o Report: Yearly, monthly, weekly, daily report
o Database management and storing.

Project Name: Supporting Saigon Asset Management (SAM) in Technical and financial due diligence
of An Khanh 1 thermal power plant.
Year: 2010 - 2011
Location: Vietnam
Client: Saigon Asset Management (SAM)
Position held: Deputy project manager
Activities Performed:
o Review the technical design
o Review the input data for financial model
o Constructing a financial model based upon the inputs and assumptions (electricity tariff,
coal prices, interest rates, efficiency, etc)
o Detailed analysis of proceed projects with many scenarios

Project Name: Consulting Services on Information Infrastructure for the Power Market in Vietnam
Year: 2010
Location: Vietnam
Client: EVN
Position held: Local consultant of Energy Concept Inc., USA
Activities Performed:
o Support Energy Concept Inc. international consultant review and assess overall current
Information
o Infrastructure of participants in Vietnam Competitive Generation Market (VCGM)
o Support for conceptual overall information architecture for VCGM
o Support in designing information system for participants synchronous with Overall
Information Architecture.
Project Name: Design Mini -SCADA system for Bac Ninh Power Company
Year: 2010
Location: Vietnam
Client: Bac Ninh Power Company North Power Corporation
Position held: Technical support
Activities Performed:
o Data collection in existing information system
o Design overall structure of mini SCADA system
o Design hardware system in substation and control center
o Design structure of HMI module for SCADA system
o Design structure of HMI module for metering system
o Design Web-Based interface Application.

Project Name: Guang Lian Steel Cogeneration power plant project
Year: 2010
Location: Vietnam
Client: Guang Lian Steel (Vietnam) Co., Ltd (GLSC)
Position held: Deputy project manager
Activities Performed:
o Grid connection impact study
o Draft the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
o Document to get Electricity License
Project Name: Transmission charges calculation model development, data collection and
calculation
Year: 2009-2010
Location: Vietnam
Client: Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV)
Position held: Deputy project manager
Activities Performed:
o Design database and calculation model, specific technical features and plan for
implementation
o Development of detailed database and computer models
o Transmission charges calculation
o Manuals, training on design and use of model and database.

Project Name: Support Information Technology / Database System Design and Training for
Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV)
Year: 2009-2010
Location: Vietnam
Client: Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV)
Position held: Deputy project Director
Activities Performed:
o General structure design of database and communication system
o Detailed design of database, communication system, required applications for power
market monitoring, operation status of national power system, dispute resolution,
electricity license
o System Implementation and Deployment
o User Manual and training for ERAV

Project Name: Technical support for Grid Impact study for Transmission Access
Year: 2004-2008
Location: Vietnam
Client: Thang Long Power Joint-stock Company (TLP), AES Transpower Pte Ltd, Nhon
Trach 2 Thermal Power Plant Joint-Stock company
Position held: Technical Senior Expert
Activities Performed:
o Data collection and update
o Connection scheme proposal
o Energy & power balance study
o Load flow analysis
o Short circuit study
o Dynamic stability study
o Static stability study
o Measuring system proposal
o SCADA/EMS connection proposal
o Communication solution proposal

Project Name: Determining generation price and Power Purchase Agreement negotiation
Year: 2008-2009
Location: Vietnam
Client: BOT Mong Duong 2 (coal thermal, 1200MW), Vinh Tan 1 (coal thermal, 1200 MW),
Nhon Trach 1 (Gas turbine, 450 MW), Ca Mau (Gas turbine, 1500 MW), Cua Dat
(Hydro, 97 MW), Huong Dien (Hydro, 54 MW)...
Position held: EVN Expert
Activities Performed:
o Financial model
o Determining generation price and
o Negotiation power purchase Agreement

Project Name: - Design of Vietnam Generation Competitive Market
- Development of market rules for Vietnam competitive generation market
- Grid Code for Generation Competitive Market
- Standard PPA and dispute settlement & enforcement procedure regulation for
Single Buyer model market
- Least-Cost Planning and Implementation Procedures For the Competitive
Generation Market
- Transmission fees methodologies for Vietnam
Year: 2008-2009
Location: Vietnam
Client: Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV)
Position held: EVN Expert
Activities Performed:
o Technical support
o Review and comment on report taking into account the Vietnamese context

Project Name: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition/Energy Management System
(SCADA/EMS) integrated
Year: 2002-2008
Location: Vietnam
Client: National Load Dispatch Centre
Position held: Technical support
Activities Performed:
Integrated Substation Automation System (SAS) of Substation, Distributed Control System
(DCS) of power plant, Regional Load Dispatch Centres SCADA/EMS and Communication System into
National Load Dispatch Centres SCADA/EMS system.
o Database setting up
o Communication install and testing
o System integrated
o End-to-end test
o Man Machine Interface
o EMS system integrated
o Run EMS system

Project Name: Thanh Hoa City Network Rehabilitation and Extension - Medium and Low Voltage
Network
Year: 2000
Location: Vietnam
Client: Thanh Hoa Power Distribution Company
Position held: Consultant Engineer
Activities Performed:
o Designing distribution line and substation
o Financial model and analysis

14. Certification:
I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and believe, this CV correctly describes my-self, my
qualifications, and my experience. I understand that any wilful misstatement described herein may lead to my
disqualification or dismissal, if engaged.
Date: 18 October 2014
Signature of staff member or authorised representative of the staff

Full name of authorised representative: Nguyen Thanh Nam