Vietnam PM orders power sufficiency as consumption sets record
Vietnam News 11:36 04/06/2025Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered urgent measures to ensure electricity supply during peak demand months, after national power consumption hit a record high of nearly 52,000 megawatts (MW) this week amid scorching heat.
Vietnam approves $48.3mn power transmission project to support renewable energy, electricity imports from Laos
Economy 17:00 03/06/2025Authorities in Quang tri Province, north-central Vietnam have approved a VND1.26 trillion (US$48.3 million) power transmission project to enhance grid capacity for renewable energy and prepare for electricity imports from Laos, local officials said on Tuesday.
1.5 million still without electricity in northern Vietnam in wake of Yagi
Vietnam News 18:04 09/09/2024The typhoon has caused severe damage to the power grid system
Vietnam buys electricity from China to ease shortage
Vietnam News 16:04 23/05/2023Vietnam will start using electricity bought from China on Wednesday
Ho Chi Minh City power corp pledges no blackout during legislative election month
Vietnam News 11:54 09/05/2021Close to 400 backup generators have been prepared to ensure an uninterrupted power supply across the city for the elections
Vietnam premier orders clarification of unusual hikes in household electricity bills
Vietnam News 13:34 23/06/2020A customer saw her household’s monthly power usage rise 243 times the normal rate for June
In Vietnam's booming energy sector coal reigns, but renewables play catch-up
In-Depth 21:51 24/05/2019Vietnam has forecast power generation will need to rise to 129,500 MW by 2030
Vietnamese premier urges measures to tackle power shortage in 2019
Vietnam News 17:39 04/12/2018Those in charge would be disciplined if the problem persists
Services disrupted as Ho Chi Minh City airport hit by outage
Vietnam News 17:06 19/10/2018The case comes from a switch to a standby electricity generator during maintenance
Vietnam mulls over increased electricity importation from Laos
Economy 12:42 19/03/2018Vietnam is looking to import 2.4 percent of its total power supply by the year 2020
South Korean investor eyes mammoth $3.17bn power project in southern Vietnam
Economy 14:46 16/10/2015The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed adding the 1,600MW Long An 2 Thermal Power Plant, a US$3.17 billion project which Korea Electric Power Corporation wants to join, to the national thermal power development plan in the 2011-20 period with a vision to 2030
Wind farms can tame hurricanes: scientists
Economy 21:30 26/02/2014Huge offshore wind farms can protect vulnerable coastal cities against devastating cyclones like Katrina and Sandy by tempering winds and ocean surges before they reach land, a study said Wednesday.
