Vietnam

Total Energy consumption

Energy consumption per capita is low, at 0.85 toe and 1 700 kWh for electricity (2016).

Since 2000 total energy consumption has increased at the significant rate of 6.5%/year, reaching 79 Mtoe in 2016. The share of coal is growing rapidly, from 15% in 2000 to 36% in 2016. Biomass (wood and waste) still plays an important role, although its market share has fallen steadily (20% in 2016 ...

Crude oil production

Oil production increased rapidly until 2000, when it reached 16.6 Mt (2.7 Mt in 1990). Since then it has fluctuated around 15-18 Mt (15 Mt in 2016). In 2016, Vietnam exported 9 Mt of crude oil and imported 14.8 Mt of oil products.

Oil production started in 1986 in the offshore oil field of Bach Ho (White Tiger). The production of that 12.5 Mt/year field has been falling since 2001. A ...

Renewable in % electricity production

In 2016, the Government approved the Vietnam Renewable Energy Development Strategy to 2030 with an outlook up to 2050, which aims to prioritise renewable energy, especially biomass, biogas, wind and solar. The government will promote onshore wind power until 2030 and study potential offshore developments as of 2030. Solar power development will be focused on islands, borders and remote ...