Vietnam Electricity

Abstract

Vietnam has experienced rapid increases in demand for electricity for at least two decades and supply has strained to keep up. From a mere 8.7 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 1990, output soared to 26.7 million MWh in 2000 and a projected 77.2 million MWh in 2008.1 This torrid rate of growth of 14% a year since 2000 may or may not continue, given the uncertainties in the global and domestic economy. However, with a per capita electrical consumption of less than two-fifths of Thailand’s, there is clearly room for continuing demand growth.