Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch on urgent measures to guarantee sufficient electricity supply during the peak months of 2025 and beyond.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) would like to remain the investor of new energy projects, including nuclear power plants in the central province of Ninh Thuan, said Director Nguyen Anh Tuan.

As Vietnam’s electricity consumption demand in 2025 is forecast to show double digit growth, 10.5-13% compared to 2024, manufacturing needs to have long-term investment strategies to minimise risks from fluctuations in prices and supply, experts said.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) announced that its units have resumed electricity supply to 98% or more than 5.98 million customers who suffer from power outage due to Typhoon Yagi.

Up to 1,499 out of 1,678 medium-voltage power lines affected by Typhoon Yagi had been restored to operation as of September 13 morning, said state-run Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered drastic measures to ensure electricity supply in this dry season and the coming time.

Indonesia’s State-run electricity company PT PLN’s East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) readies 100 units of electric vehicle charging station (SPKLU) to support the 2023 ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai District, NTT Province, reported Antara news agency.

Vietnam's industry and trade sector has obtained encouraging results in 2022, contributing to the national socio-economic development. The following is a list of the 10 most outstanding events of the year as selected by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has forecast the average electricity consumption will rise 6.4% to 793.8 million kWh per day in July, as heat waves are expected to hit the northern and central regions.

US President Joe Biden on June 6 declared a 24-month tariff exemption for solar panels manufactured in four Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, in an effort to promote clean energy production in the country.

The electricity supply will basically be guaranteed in 2022 without a risk of power shortage, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said.

The Philippines has released its offshore wind power roadmap, in which two scenarios are outlined for the development of the country’s wind power industry.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting in Hanoi on April 3 to look into the electricity supply and the provision of coal and gas for power generation.

Power generation output and import in 2022 is forecast to hit 275.5 billion kWh, up 7.9 percent year-on-year, Vice Director of the National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) Nguyen Quoc Trung reported at a conference on January 10.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group targets becoming a major economic group with sustainable and efficient operations in tandem with market orientations, according to a strategy on its development to 2030 and vision to 2045 approved by the Prime Minister.

The national target programme on electricity supply for rural, mountainous and island areas will reach approximately 871,263 households between 2021 and 2025, as heard at a conference held in Hanoi on January 14 to review its implementation in the past five years.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has said it is working to ensure electricity supply in the near future and for the entire year as hot spell is likely to come early.

More than 330 households in four villages of Chieng Hac commune, in the northern mountainous province of Son La were officially provided with electricity on January 12.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has directed the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to prepare solutions in order to ensure electricity supply in 2020, especially in the dry season.

The southern province of Binh Duong will actively work to promptly remove bottlenecks for businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem affirmed at a dialogue with Korean firms on July 30.