Vietnam’s GDP grew at an annual rate of 6.8 per cent between 1990 and 2013, and is projected to hover around 7 per cent annually from 2016 to 2030. Industrialisation, coupled with population increases, drives the need for more energy and especially more electricity. This is evident in the increase of final energy consumption at an average annual rate of 5.7 per cent between 1990 and 2012, and of electricity use at 14 per cent annually during the same period.