Electricity

The Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) has just had a working meeting with the Southern Laos Power System Management Board (under Laos Electricity Corporation - EDL) on content related to power grid transformation in Quang Tri province from 35 kV to operation in 22 kV voltage level and re-signed the power purchase agreement between EVNCPC and EDL

On September 6, 2023, in Ho Chi Minh City, The Power Engineering Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company 2 (PECC2) signed a consulting contract to survey and establish a feasibility study report and specialized reports of the project to supply power from the national grid for Con Dao district (Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) with Power Project Management Board 3 – The Representative of ing Vietnam Electricity of Vietnam (A project investor).

The Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee has just assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to chair and in coordination with the relevant agencies periodically (on the 22nd of every month) to advise the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) on the situation of construction investment implementation, petitions, proposals related to the implementation of Quynh Lap LNG power project (Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province).

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has just reported to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on the project appraisal

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) informed that the electricity generation of the whole system in July 2023 reached 26.20 billion kWh - an increase of 7.1% in comparison with the same period in 2022. The accumulated in the first 7 months of 2023, electricity generation of the whole system reached 160.58 billion kWh - an increase of 1.9% in comparison with the same period in 2022.

The Prime Minister has just signed Decision No. 868/QD-TTg, on July 19, 2023 for mobilizing and appointing Mr. Dang Hoang An - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade to hold the position of The Chairman of the Member Council of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The General Director of the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) has just chaired a meeting on the progress of the sections Quang Trach - Quynh Luu - Thanh Hoa - Nam Dinh 1 - Pho Noi (for short as Quang Trach - Pho Noi) of the transmission 500 kV line. At the meeting, EVNNPT, the units assigned to manage and operate the project, and the consulting units discussed and agreed on the content and working method to accelerate the project progress.

The Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien (Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the National Steering Committee for Electricity Development) has just chaired a meeting with the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises, EVN, EVNNPT, Viettel, and 9 concerned localities (in the form of direct, combination with online) to discuss and agree on solutions to speed up the implementation progress of circuit 3 (extended) of 500 kV project.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) just held a meeting to discuss the implementation plan of Power Development Planning (PDP) VIII. Mr. Dang Huy Cuong – A Member of the EVN Board Member Council in charge of EVN's Member Council chaired the meeting.

The conference on the operation and production of coal-fired power plants in the Northern region has just been held by Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on the afternoon of June 19, 2023. There were 24 investors of coal-fired power plants in the Northern region in attendance, including the Power Generation Corporations 1, 2, 3 (EVN member units), Vinacomin Power Corporation, PetroVietnam Power Corporation, BOT investors and the investors of the independent power plants.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just worked with leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), and a number of the relevant ministries and agencies to implement the goal in the Power Development Planning VIII (PDP VIII), which is 2030 Vietnam will have 50% of office buildings and 50% of residential houses use self-produce and self-consumption rooftop solar power projects (for on-site consumption, not selling electricity into the national electricity system).

Recently in Hanoi, Mr. Tran Dinh Nhan - General Director of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) just had a working meeting with a high-level delegation of the French Development Agency (AFD) on cooperation between the two sides. Attending the meeting were Mr. Philippe Le Houerou - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the French Development Agency.

The Government Office issued Notice 216/TB-VPCP on June 8, 2023, at the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting on the situation of electricity supply in the dry season in 2023. In conclusion, the Government requested Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to develop scenarios for managing electricity supply according to the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) including the scenarios of lacking power plants and having to cut off electricity.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has warned that the northern power grid faces a shortfall of approximately 4,350MW. It has a median daily generation of approximately 30.9 million kWh; however, the largest daily output can reach 50.8 million kWh.

The electricity of Vietnam (EVN) forecasted that in the next June and July, the North will enter the peak hot weather and the load of the national power system will increase higher than planned. With the hydrological situation and the slow progress of new power projects, the North would likely lack thousands of MW of electricity in this hot season.