Vietnam has introduced a separate electricity pricing mechanism for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations under Decision 14/2025, effective May 29, Nguoi Quan Sat has reported. This is as opposed to being charged at either the retail or business price.
Prices will range from 71 to 195 percent of the current average retail rate of VND 2,204/kWh, depending on voltage level and time of day.
Local EV maker VinFast, however, has raised concerns that low-voltage peak-hour charges will be as high as VND 4,298/kWh and that this undermines both consumer uptake and infrastructure investment.
VinFast argues the end users are citizens and therefore they should be charged consumer prices, and that the policy contradicts Decision 876 on green energy transition and Resolution 55 on energy development strategy.
For its part, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which sets the prices, rejected both production and business tariffs, citing systemic cost imbalances and cross-subsidisation.
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