Vietnam Energy - 2024

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 100% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 65.283 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 199,846,440,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 2.067 billion kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 3.316 billion kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 15.479 billion kWh (2019 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 70.7% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 2.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 25.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 1.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 47.789 million metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 80.568 million metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 902,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 55 million metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 3.36 billion metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 197,700 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 495,500 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 66,900 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 103,500 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 4.4 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

153,800 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

25,620 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

282,800 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 8,438,095,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

consumption: 8,438,095,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 699.425 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

249.929 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 165.775 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 67.775 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 16.379 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

36.392 million Btu/person (2019 est.)