Demand for electricity continues to rise as the country develops. Electricity consumption per capita in Viet Nam is just 1,104 kWh, one fifth of the average in Asia Pacific. MOIT’s guidance on electricity consumption growth, underpinned by certain GDP growth assumptions, is forecasted grow at 10.0% p.a. to 2020. For the first 6 months of 2015, electricity consumption grew by 11.6% vs YE14.