Vietnam’s state power provider Electricity Vietnam has reported total electricity produced and imported in October 2024 to 25.96 billion kilowatt hours. This brings the total electricity produced and imported for the first ten months of the year to 258.7 billion kilowatt hours, reflecting a 10.6 percent increase over the first ten months of 2023.
The bulk of this power has been produced by burning coal which accounted for 48.7 percent, down slightly from 49.6 percent in September. Coal was followed by hydropower which provided 29.5 percent of Vietnam’s electricity supply in October.
Of note, earlier this year EVN made the decision to prioritise coal power production and store water in hydropower reservoirs for when coal power was at its peak, in order to shore up the power supply after blackouts in northern Vietnam last year.
See also: Electricity in Vietnam
Vietnam’s energy mix 2024
| H1 | Q3 | October | ||||
| Power Source | kWh bns | % of total | kWh bns | % of Total | kWh bns | % of total |
| Coal-fired thermal | 126.3 | 56.9 | 115.3 | 49.6 | 125.99 | 48.7 |
| Hydropower | 39.25 | 18.9 | 65.57 | 28.2 | 76.31 | 29.5 |
| Renewable energy | 32.2 | 13.7 | 30.1 | 13 | 32.88 | 12.7 |
| Gas turbine | 19.2 | 8.6 | 17.2 | 7 | 18.46 | 7.1 |
| Imported electricity | 3.8 | 1.7 | 4 | 1.7 | 2.03 | 0.8 |
| Total | 151.4 | 99.8 | 232.1 | 99.8 | 255.67 | 98.8 |
Source: Electricity Vietnam