HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam plans to purchase moreelectricity from China and Laos in the coming years as the domestic powersupply is running out, an official has said.
At a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on May 28,Deputy Director of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority under theMinistry of Industry and Trade Le Van Luc said Vietnam imports about 1,000MW ofpower from China and Laos annually.
Electricity imports from these two countries areexpected to reach 3,000MW by 2025 and 5,000MW by 2030, he said, explaining thatthe domestic power supply is running out.
Meanwhile, many power projects are laggingbehind schedule. Almost all big- and medium-sized hydropower sources have beenused, and there remain only a few small ones for exploitation. Therefore,hydropower will account for only 12.4 percent of all electricity supply by2030. That will add a further complication to the supply shortage, according tothe authority.
Power supply sources that can be put into usebetween 2016 and 2030 have total capacity of about 78,300MW, more than 17,500MWlower than the expected figure in a revised national electricity developmentplan.
Most of the shortage will fall in 2018-2022. Inparticular, electricity reserves will be almost used up in 2018 and 2019, andpower shortages will occur from 2021 to 2025, the workshop heard.-VNA
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Workers repair electrical facilities (Photo: VNA) 
