The report of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) shows that, in the first months of the year, although the epidemic situation affected production, the demand for additional charge still increased by more than 7%, even some areas grew over 11. %. The hydrological situation is still unfavorable, despite having to mobilize the maximum electricity generated from coal, gas and renewable energy, EVN still has to mobilize high-price oil electricity sources.

It is expected that basically 2020 can meet electricity demand, but from 2021, the risk of electricity shortage will exist. Even, the power shortage in the South could be higher and last for the whole period to 2025 if the load increases, the amount of water flowing into the reservoirs is worse than the average for many years; new power projects continue to be behind schedule. According to calculations, each coal thermal power project from 1,000 - 1,200MW in the South will be delayed, which will increase the power shortage in this area between 7.2 to 7.5 billion kWh / year.

Meanwhile, many power projects under the adjusted PDP VII are behind schedule or have not been determined schedule. This leads to the risk that Vietnam will be short of electricity in the near future. A recent report of the National Steering Committee on Electricity Development showed that of the 62 power projects with capacity of 200 MW or more in the adjusted plan PDP VII, only 15 projects have reached the progress. The remaining 47 projects are behind schedule or have not been determined schedule. Therefore, besides the solutions to remove difficulties for projects that are behind schedule and promote electricity saving, promoting the development of renewable energy projects, such as wind power and solar power is necessary and urgent.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong said that for Vietnam, if the average economic growth rate is about 6.5-7% / year, from now to 2030, we need extremely large power sources. To give just one example, Vietnam's total power capacity currently reaches about 55,000 MW. If including the expected sources of operation in 2020 - about 4,300 MW, the new capacity will reach nearly 60,000 MW. According to the PDP VII revised until 2025, the system's power capacity requirement is expected to reach 90,000 MW. Thus, in the period of 2021-2025, Vietnam needs to add 5,000 MW each year.