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The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Corporation is sparing no efforts to turn itself into a strong, sustainable and effective economic group by 2030.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has forecast the average electricity consumption will rise 6.4% to 793.8 million kWh per day in July, as heat waves are expected to hit the northern and central regions.

The Power Project Management Board 2 (PPMB) under Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on March 31 signed contracts on construction and equipment supply and installation for two projects to serve the import of electricity from Laos.

Some 93.38 percent of electricity customers have shifted to cashless payment so far, compared to last year’s 91.72 percent, according to the State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) put 96 power transmission projects ranging from 110-500kV into operation in the first 10 months of 2021 despite difficulties brought about by COVID-19.

Forty-two out of 106 wind power plans registering for commercial operation received Commercial Operation Date (COD) acceptance as of October 29, according to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group targets becoming a major economic group with sustainable and efficient operations in tandem with market orientations, according to a strategy on its development to 2030 and vision to 2045 approved by the Prime Minister.

Vietnam’s electricity transmission output hit more than 203.8 billion kWh in 2020, fulfilling the plan set by Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and representing a year-on-year increase of 2 percent, according to General Director of the Electricity of Vietnam National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) Pham Le Phu.

Power consumption increased significantly in September as the economy started to find its feet after COVID-19 was successfully contained in Vietnam, according to a recent report by Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has supplied electricity to more than 51,000 households in disadvantaged and border areas between 2016 and 2020.

Despite the difficulties posed by extreme weather and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC) enjoyed a year-on-year rise of 4.86 percent rise in commercial power production in the first half of 2020, reaching 34.5 billion kWh.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a seminar on June 11 to discuss solutions to develop and finance rooftop solar power installations in the country’s southern hub.

National power provider Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has confirmed that it can meet electricity demand in all localities during this year’s dry season, with growth expected at 5.7 percent.

Vietnam saved 436,000kWh of electricity, equivalent to 812.9 million VND (34,928 USD), for one hour from 20:30 to 21:30 on March 28, in response to Earth Hour 2020, according to the National Power Dispatch Centre. ​

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) needs total investment capital of 93.2 trillion VND (3.97 billion USD) for power projects this year and it will focus all resources to ensure the progress of such projects, according to the group.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has produced 7,185MW of power, accounting for 33.2 percent of Vietnam’s total power output in the 2016-20 period, according to the revised Power Development Master Plan (PDP) VII.

Since 2017, the Vietnamese Government has issued a number of priority policies to develop renewable energy to boost production and attract domestic and foreign investment, heard a workshop in Hanoi on September 17.

Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s, heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 29.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has entered the list of the top 100 sustainable enterprises in 2018 which was announced by the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD), under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has announced that it generated a total 182.6 billion kWh of electricity during the January-October period, a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent.