Vietnam’s state utility buys more electricity from China

National power utility Electricity of Vietnam has said it bought 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours from China in 2009’s first five months, a year-on-year jump of nearly 12 percent, as demand surged.

The utility, known as EVN, produced 20.98 billion kilowatt-hours in the January-to-May period, 0.8 percent higher than a year earlier, said a statement on the government’s website.

Hanoi-based EVN expects to boost this year’s sales volume to 86.6 billion kilowatt-hours as power demand may grow 13 percent, the utility said in January.

EVN supplied 74.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity last year, including 53.1 billion kilowatt-hours from its generators and more than 21 billion kilowatt-hours purchased from domestic and overseas producers.

thanhnien, Bloomberg

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