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The rapid growth of Vietnam's economy, industry, and consumption has resulted in unprecedented growth in energy demand, and its infrastructure for extracting, generating, and distributing energy is expanding to try to meet those needs. Between 2000 and 2005, total primary energy consumption in Vietnam grew 10.6 percent per year. Growth in fossil-fuel consumption was correspondingly high, with coal use growing at 14.9 percent per year, oil use at 8.2 percent per year, and natural gas use at 37 percent per year. From 2002 to 2030, Vietnam's primary energy demand is expected to grow at a rate of 4.4 percent, increasing from 42 megatons oil equivalent (MTOE) in 2002 to 142 MTOE in 2030. This note will focus on Vietnam's potential Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and possible interventions associated with resource extraction and power generation for grid electricity. Emissions from power generation in industry and transport are covered under the respective sector notes, and reduction of greenhouse gases through management of end-use demand is covered in the context of industry (as the largest energy user) in the industry sector note.

Air Pollution --- Carbon Dioxide --- Carbon Finance --- Carbon Policy and Trading --- Climate --- Climate Change --- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases --- Coal --- Coastal Areas --- Electricity --- Emission Reductions --- Energy --- Energy and Environment --- Energy Efficiency --- Energy Production and Transportation --- Environment --- Environment and Energy Efficiency --- Fossil Fuels --- Geothermal Energy --- Global Warming --- Greenhouse Gases --- Hot Water --- Hydropower --- International Energy Agency --- Methane --- Natural Gas --- Natural Resources --- Petroleum Products --- Power Generation --- Power Plants --- Power Sector --- Renewable Energy --- Solar Energy --- Temperature --- Thermal Power --- Waste --- Wind Energy

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Vietnam's transport sector plays an important role in its socioeconomic development. Passenger transport helps meets daily needs and contributes significantly to tourist service development while freight transport helps meet the country's demand for delivery of raw materials and of semi-finished products to production facilities and for transport of finished products to consumers. With the overall growth in transport in the country, each of the main forms of transport (road, railway, aviation, inland waterways and maritime) are currently increasing the total fuel use for transport and as a result overall greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to the mix of transport modes used, the major factors affecting the impact of this growth on current and future greenhouse gases from each mode of transport are the quality and quantity of the vehicles and supporting infrastructure and the type of fuels used and their efficiency. The following sections evaluate the infrastructure and fuel use of each of the modes of transport (sections 1.1-1.5), the current and projected greenhouse gas emissions from the sector and the reasons for this (section 2), and typologies of interventions that can reduce the emissions from the sector (section 3).

Air Pollution --- Airports --- Bridges --- Car Ownership --- Carbon Dioxide --- Carbon Finance --- Carbon Policy and Trading --- Clean Development Mechanism --- Climate --- Climate Change --- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases --- Compressed Natural Gas --- Electricity --- Emission Reductions --- Emissions --- Energy Efficiency --- Environment --- Ethanol --- Fossil Fuels --- Freight Transport --- Fuels --- Global Environment Facility --- Greenhouse Gases --- Maritime Transport --- Methane --- Motorcycles --- Natural Gas --- Public Transit --- Railways --- Renewable Energy --- Roads --- Toll Roads --- Traffic Safety --- Transport --- Transport and Environment --- Urban Development --- Urban Planning --- Vehicles