Vietnam
VNM · 2024 energy mix · renewables 21.5% · fossil fuels 78.5%
Threat reading 5 of 100, classified STABLE. 0 events recorded here in the last seven days, 0 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Coal | 47.6% |
|---|---|
| Oil | 26.7% |
| Hydro | 14.9% |
| Solar | 4.3% |
| Gas | 4.2% |
| Wind | 2.1% |
| Other renewables | 0.2% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 21.5% and fossil fuels for 78.5%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Vietnam is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 6 significant earthquakes, 2 tsunamis and one significant eruption in or just off Vietnam since 1899.
The deadliest was the 5 November 2017 tsunami (waves to 8.5 m) (Quang Nam), which killed one person.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 6.8, on 1 November 1935 (Vietnam: Dien Bien Phu).
The most recent entry is the 27 July 2020 magnitude 4.9 earthquake (Vietnam: Son la Province).
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2017 | tsunami (waves to 8.5 m) | Quang Nam | 1 dead, 3 homes destroyed, damage under $1 million |
| 1 November 1935 | magnitude 6.8 earthquake | Vietnam: Dien Bien Phu | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 24 June 1983 | magnitude 6.3 earthquake | Vietnam | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 15 February 1923 | magnitude 6.1 earthquake | Vietnam: Thuan Hai Province | damage under $1 million |
| 12 June 1961 | magnitude 5.7 earthquake | Vietnam: Bac Giang, Hai Duong | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 1899 | tsunami (waves to 3 m) | North Central Vietnam | damage under $1 million |
| 27 July 2020 | magnitude 4.9 earthquake | Vietnam: Son la Province | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 5 August 2005 | magnitude 4.5 earthquake | Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City | damage under $1 million |
| 2 March 1923 | VEI 2 eruption | Cendres, Ile des, SE Asia | damage under $1 million |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
Our feeds placed no events in Vietnam in the last 30 days. That is a statement about the feeds we read, not proof that nothing happened.
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 7 |
| Natural hazard | 0 |
| Resilience | 66 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.