On 25 July 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT)
issued Letter No. 4329/BCT-DL reporting to the Government on the
implementation of provisions under the Power Master Plan 8 (PDP
8).
Key points in the Letter:
1. Status of the power system and implementation of national
electricity planning
a) Consumption of commercial electricity in the period
2011-2020:
The average growth rate of commercial electricity in the period
2011-2015 reached 10.7%/year, in the period 2016-2020 reached 7.7%;
for the whole period 2011-2020, reached 9.6%/year (only 3.4% in
2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic).
Electricity consumption is concentrated mainly in the North and
the South, accounting for over 90% of the total electricity
consumption of the country. The Central region accounts for a low
percentage, less than 10%. The proportion of electricity
consumption in the North tends to increase gradually (39.2% in
2011, 44.1% in 2020), the South tends to
