This guide seeks to provide investors with a brief overview of the current Vietnamese wind energy market, exploring the primary opportunities and challenges from a legal perspective. The World Bank Group, Macro Poverty Outlook, East Asia and the Pacific (Vietnam), April. . Consuming more energy per unit of economic output than the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and India, Vietnam is one of the world's most energy-intensive economies. 3 It is expected that Vietnam's electricity demand will continue to increase at an average rate of up to 9% annually over the next. . Viet Nam has large potential on wind power generation with consuming no fuel and no GHG emission. Wind power is being an alternative to fossil fuels in power generation, without GHG emissions during operation. The legal framework (policies and support mechanisms) for wind power development is still. . This work is a product of the World Bank with contributions given by the staff and consultants listed in the Acknowledgments. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the. . Vietnam Electricity (EVN), a state-owned enterprise that reports directly to the Prime Minister, is the largest buyer of electricity, and holds a monopoly on transmission and distribution. Electric power is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). The Directorate General. . Wind power in Vietnam holds significant potential for growth as a scalable alternative to thermal power, considering the country's favourable natural conditions. With a coastline spanning 3,000 kilometres and consistently high mean wind speeds, Vietnam has many opportunities to expand its installed. . The provinces with the most promising wind potentials include Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and the Central Highlands. Since the 1980s, the Institute of Energy (IE) was commissioned by the Ministry of Electricity (now Ministry of Industry and Trade) to. .
