Vietnam

Total Energy consumption

Energy consumption per capita is low, at 0.9 toe and 1 900 kWh for electricity in 2018 (vs 1.4 toe and 2 500 kWh on average in Asia).

Since 2000, total energy consumption has increased at the significant rate of 6.3%/year, reaching 87 Mtoe in 2018.

The share of coal is growing rapidly, from 15% in 2000 to 40% in 2018. Biomass still plays an important role, although its market ...

Crude oil production

Oil production has been decreasing rapidly since 2015 (10%/year), reaching 13 Mt in 2018. It increased rapidly until 2000, when it reached 16.6 Mt (2.7 Mt in 1990), and then fluctuated around 15-18 Mt until 2015.

The Ca Tam offshore oilfield (with reserves of 4.3 Mt), in southern Vietnam, came into operation at the beginning of 2019. The country started oil production in 1986 in the ...

Renewable in % electricity production

In 2016, the Government approved the Vietnam Renewable Energy Development Strategy to 2030 with an outlook up to 2050. 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 areas where no electricity supply is possible.

Under the plan, the government targets ...