Vietnam

A total of 52 substandard hydroelectricity projects were rejected by Vietnam's local authorities since the beginning of this year.

Vietnam will pay 6.08 cent/kWh or VND1,300/kWh for electricty purchases from China this year, up from 5.8 cent/kWh one year earlier.

The A Luoi Hydropower Plant officially generated electricity after 5 years of construction.

Three power generation companies in Vietnam will be established s to take over electricity generating plants directly under the Electricity of Vietnam.

Vietnam's total electricity loss in the first five months of this year is estimated at $310.4 million by the Electricity of Vietnam Group.

The government of Vietnam will spend around US$14.4 million USD to connect of central Quang Ngai province’s Ly Son island to the national grid.

We were all required to take science courses in school and one of the ones I signed up for was basic physics. In one lecture the professor explained temperature convection, and just in case you missed or dozed off during that one, that’s where a temperature difference in gases, liquids or solids will strive to equalize through convection. Today we are witnessing convection on a previously unprecedented global scale; the shift I’m referring to isn’t what you’d think, it’s not about climate change or temperature, but represents one of the greatest migrations of power and capital that the world has ever seen. Although the economy has put a bit of a damper on things of late the flow is still heavily eastern in direction. The “Power” I’m referring to is in the degree of increased world influence and electric generating capacity that’s lighting up whatever device you looking at right now. The Anglo-Spheres dependence on imports is a power and production vacuum that has been escalating for decades and one that the East has been willingly filling, putting millions to work in jobs and at wages that westerners “currently” refuse to accept. All this eastward migration or “convection” of capital and power is happening for one of two reasons; one as payments for the goods the west is importing, or two, by companies looking to get in on the boom to build infrastructure, factories and supply the goods craved by the west. This convection of wealth and power is a virtuous and maybe vicious circle that is expanding with each revolution. Each revolution of exports-payments-investments means boat loads of money and influence for the Sino-sphere and cash drainage for the Anglo-sphere. But what is missing and needed for the circle to continue to expand is power in the form of electricity and with all this inflowing cash and demand for increasing generating capacity you would think it’s a great time to be in the power business in Asia, wouldn’t you? From a demand standpoint the potential for power plant contracts couldn’t look brighter.

A Germany-based expert rates Vietnam's wind power generating potential as the best in all of Southeast Asia.

Vietnam's competitive power market will be officially launched on July 1 , according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Northern Power Corporation will connect more than 30,000 ethnic households in northern mountainous Son La province to the national electricity grid.

Alstom and Vietnam Electricity will jointly establish a state-of-the-art gas turbine reconditioning workshop in the twon of Phu My in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

The 5000MW Mekong Delta Wind Power Centre in Bac Lieu city is set to be completed by 2015.

Toshiba Corp., Sojitz Corp. and Daelim Industrial will jointly build a thermal power plant in the northeastern province of Thai Binh.

Hydroelectric power plant constructions in Vietnam are said to be disrupting the natural ecosystem, trigerring calls for its stoppage.

Alstom will be set up to operate a wind turbine repair centre in Vietnam's southern province of Ba Ria, Vung Tau.

Vietnam PM Nguyen Tan Dung Tan Dung has approved a development plan to build coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 1,850MW.