Vũ Chi Mai, Project Director of the Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia (CASE) under the GIZ Energy Support Programme (ESP), speaks to Việt Nam News about Việt Nam’s energy transition away from coal and towards a low-carbon system.

Prior to 2015, exports of crude oil and coal contributed largely to Vietnam’s state budget. However, since 2015, with great fluctuations in energy import and export activities, Vietnam has become an energy importer. The rise of coal is clear evidence for Vietnam’s transition from an energy exporter to an energy importer.

HANOI, April 2 (Reuters): Vietnam’s state-run utility EVN had announced this week and called on citizens to save energy as it warned of electricity shortages from next month due to tight coal supplies.