Vietnam’s total power output in the first half of 2025 reached 155.79 billion kWh, with a record daily output of 1.04 billion kWh and peak capacity of 51,672 MW, according to a press release from state power provider Vietnam Electricity (EVN)→view source.
Generation breakdown for the first half of 2025:
- Hydropower: 36.5 billion kWh, accounting for 23.4 percent.
- Coal-fired thermal: 84.6 billion kWh, accounting for 54.3 percent.
Gas turbines: 10.27 billion kWh, accounting for 6.6 percent. - Renewable energy: 20.98 billion kWh, accounting for 13.5 percent (including solar at 13.63 billion kWh and wind at 6.71 billion kWh).
- Imported electricity: 3.24 billion kWh, accounting for 2.1 percent.
Other points of note
- In June alone, output was 28.2 billion kWh.
- Transmission output in the first half of 2025 was estimated at 124.7 billion kWh, with June transmission alone at 22.7 billion kWh.
- Maximum transmission capacity reached 3,959 MW at the North-Central interface and 5,625 MW at the Central-South interface.
See also: Electricity in Vietnam 2025: Supply, Pricing & Sources