Renewable investors voice grievances over price negotiation, delays

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Investors said they had submitted documents and requested to participate in negotiations with the Power Trading Company.

MoIT drafts mechanism to adjust average retail power price

Tuesday, Sep 27, 2022

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is drafting a Prime Minister''s Decision on the mechanism for adjusting the average retail electricity price.

Renewable energy capacity to be cut due to oversupply of power: MOIT

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021

Low power demand coupled with an oversupply of electricity at times have forced authorities to cut the capacity of renewable energy plants to avoid overwhelming the national grid, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

New power pricing mechanism to be applied next year

Wednesday, Aug 05, 2020

The common retail power price is expected to be applied at the beginning of next year together with the current tiered pricing mechanism.

MoIT considers common retail power price

Friday, Jul 10, 2020

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is considering allowing households to choose a common retail power price for their electricity consumption, said deputy minister Hoang Quoc Vuong.

Suitable tiered pricing mechanism urged for electricity sector

Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is proposing reducing power price tiers from the current six to five levels.

Government to inspect power price hike

Monday, May 06, 2019

Government inspectors will investigate the latest power price increase by 8.36 per cent to VNĐ1,864 (8.03 US cents) per kWh from March 20 following concerns among the public.

Vietnam faces threat of trade deficit in 2019

Monday, Feb 18, 2019

Viet Nam faces a possible return to a trade deficit this year after three years of enjoying surpluses, experts said pointing to the sharp rise in imports and increasing difficulties facing exports.

Keep power cost stable: Deputy PM

Wednesday, Mar 29, 2017

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to calculate retail power price adjustments every six months instead of three as it proposed. 

Power tariff likely to keep unchanged this year

Saturday, Jan 21, 2017

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has not yet decided to adjust power tariffs this year and has been calculating basic prices, the ministry on Friday announced at an electricity production cost conference in Ha Noi.

Ceiling power prices unchanged

Friday, Jan 06, 2017

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to keep the ceiling prices for power generation of thermal electricity and hydroelectricity unchanged in the year of 2017.

EVN plans to increase power prices

Wednesday, Dec 17, 2014

The Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) has proposed to increase the power price by an average 9.5 per cent from this month.

Electricity prices unlikely to rise

Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013

HA NOI (VNS)— The price of power will not rise this month, said director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade''s Electricity Regulatory Department Dang Huy Cuong.