Vietnam

Erstwhile Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Hoang Quoc Vuong, has been appointed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as chairman of the Electricity Group of Vietnam.

The Electricity of Vietnam will have to complete recalculating electricity production cost before October 1, 2012 to propose pricing plan.

Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang had approved the supplementary protocol and necessary documents to join the  IAEA’s Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

Southern Power Corporation of the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) will sell power to farmers in An Giang Province at a lower price.

Son La hydropower plant will increase its capacity to 2,400MW when it final generator starts service on September 20.

Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation will step up investment in hydropower and thermo-power companies, says the company's chairwoman and CEO, Nguyen Thi Mai Thanh.

Vietnam's looming power shortage is expected to worsen despite a drop in demand.

Preparations are underway for the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province.

Cong Ly Construction-Trading-Tourism Co. will sell power from its wind power project in Bac Lieu Province to Vietnam Electricity Group at 7.8 U.S. cents per kWh.

These are the first Vietnam-produced domestic boilers.

A wind power project in Can Gio using 1.5-MW wind turbines might be using outdated technology.

The 260-MW Xekaman 3 hydropower plant in Laos will start operations in September and annually provide around 980 million kWh to Vietnam's power grid in Danang City.

Capital shortages for electricity infrastructure forced Electricity of Vietnam Group to increase power purchase from other sources.

Vietnam’s electricity importations from China have risen continuously this year despite availability of local power.

An inspection team from Haiphong City examined 57 key energy enterprises, spreading over 11 districts of the city.

Vietnam will utilize the latest technological to meet the highest possible safety standards for its first nuclear power plant.