Electric Energy Show

The key to Korea’s “New Southern Policy”
& the strongest alternative to Post-China

Current Status of Korea’s and Vietnam’s Electricity Industry (Unit : USD 1 million, %)

* Source : Korea International Trade Association, Electricity Industry Statistics

Government’s expanded large-scale investment in electric power due to high economic growth

• Vietnam’s power generation capacity has grown almost fourfold from 11GW in 2005 → 37.5GW in 2015
• Share of Power Facilities : The largest share is hydroelectric power (16.4GW). Coal-fired power has grown fourfold from 2.7GW in 2010 → 12.2GW in 2015
• USD 148 billion will be invested in power generation, transmission and distribution by 2030
  - Vietnam’s 7th Power Development Plan (2020-2030) : Power facility capacity to be expanded from 37.5GW(2015) → 129.5GW(2030), 
  Power capacity to be expanded from 164TWh(2015) → 572TWh(2030)

Increased power consumption due to high economic growth

• The annual growth rate of Vietnam’s electricity sales between 2010 and 2015 is more than 10%

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