Executives and experts from the Republic of Korea's firm recently met with the provincial leaders to discuss the plan and a possible site for the project, according to the provincial Investment Promotion Center.
According to the experts, two sites in Thach Ha District are suitable for the 300-megawatt plant, which is expected to take over an area of between 300 and 500 hectares (740-1,235 acres).
The company will hand over the plant, the first solar power project in Ha Tinh, to local authorities after 20-25 years.
Vietnam is on course to have an installed power capacity of 75,000 MW by 2020, with 46.8% at coal plants, 24% at gas-fired plants and 19.6% hydropower.
Renewables will make up 4.5% and nuclear power plants, 2.1%.