This energy market report offers an incisive and reliable overview of the energy sector of the country. With a focus on oil, gas, coal and power markets, the report provides a complete picture of the country situation, dynamics, current issues and future prospects. With 2008 market data and continuous follow-up of markets news, this report brings clear and concise insights, to help tackle national energy challenges and opportunities.

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Ministry of Industry supervises the electricity, coal and, since 2003, oil sectors. Energy planning falls within the competence of the Ministry of Planning and Investment ...

Energy Companies
Energy companies active in the market (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy Supply
Resources: Vietnam has promising energy resources, which are often still hardly known (especially in the case of hydrocarbons) and scarcely exploited: ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, coal, power, gas).

Consumption
The energy consumption per capita is low: 0.65 toe (around 0.38 toe without conventional energies) and 649 kWh for electricity (2007) ...

Issues & Prospects
According to Vietnam’s 2020 Energy Plan, energy consumption should increase by an average of 7%/year until 2020 ...

2008 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy