Regional power outages frequently, Foxconn, Samsung Vietnam factories or affected

Vietnamese officials have reportedly said the power supply system was overloaded due to the hot weather. The zoned power outages have affected industrial parks in the country's northern provinces, where globally renowned manufacturers such as Foxconn and Samsung have factories.

The European Chamber of Commerce, which represents European businesses in Vietnam, urged Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Commerce to take measures to deal with emergency power supply.

"Vietnam's industry ministry should take urgent measures so as not to damage the country's reputation as a reliable global manufacturing hub," Jean-Jacques Boufletz, vice chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, said on Monday, adding that the power outages had severely disrupted industrial activities.

Canon's plant in Bac Ninh will be without power from 8:00 am local time on Monday until 5:00 am Tuesday, local media quoted the northern unit of the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) as saying, adding that at least five industrial parks and several villages in the province will be partially or completely cut off for several hours in the first days of the week.

Some industrial parks in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces in northern Vietnam have been facing power outages, two local officials said. "We will be working with Power Vietnam later today to discuss the situation and possible measures to limit the impact," one of the officials said.

In order to save electricity, more than 11,000 companies in Vietnam have agreed to reduce consumption where possible, and some places have even taken measures such as turning off street lights and letting manufacturers use electricity off-peak to maintain the operation of Vietnam's national power system.

Vietnam's deputy Minister of Industry and trade, Do Thang Hai, admitted at a government meeting over the weekend that "households and businesses in certain places have experienced power shortages at certain times," adding that such power supply problems would continue.

On June 6, 2023, the Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Miong issued official Letter No. 517 (517/ CD-TTG) on the implementation of measures to ensure the supply of electricity during the 2023 and future dry seasons.

In the face of the current difficult situation of electricity supply, the Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to carefully verify and evaluate the current situation of electricity supply, especially the factors affecting the guarantee of electricity supply, so as to improve the effectiveness and effectiveness of national management, and urgently guide the Vietnam Power Group to develop suitable scenarios for timely response to power supply difficulties, and complete the work by June 10, 2023.