Energy consumption per capita is low, at 0.87 toe and 1 800 kWh for electricity (2017).
Since 2000, total energy consumption has increased at the significant rate of 6.5%/year, reaching 84 Mtoe in 2017. The share of coal is growing rapidly, from 15% in 2000 to 35% in 2017. Biomass (wood and waste) still plays an important role, although its market share has fallen steadily (19% in ...
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 (14.4 Mt in 2017). In 2017, Vietnam exported 4.9 Mt of crude oil and imported 15.4 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 ...
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 ...
Vietnam submitted its First Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) report in 2016, reaffirming its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of 8% compared to a business as usual scenario (BAU projected to be 787 MtCO2eq) by 2030. The reduction target could increase to 25% if international support is provided. Vietnam will focus on transport, agriculture and land use to reduce GHG ...
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