Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Thanks to the implementation of the
strategic orientations of the Party and the State, Vietnam’s energy industry
with three pillars of oil and gas, coal and electricity has developed strongly,
serving socio-economic development as well as people’s everyday life, a seminar
heard on May 29.
In a seminar on promoting digital transformation to ensure national energy
security by 2050 held by the Cong thuong (Industry
and Trade) newspaper, experts said that the energy industry has had many
innovations, applying achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,
including digital transformation in all activities of management, operation,
exploitation and use of energy resources.
This has helped improve the efficiency of production, business, and customer service
in accordance with the competitive market, adapting to the context of
international integration.
In the national digital transformation programme, energy is one of eight
priority areas for implementation.
Decision No 749 dated June 3, 2020 approving the National Digital
Transformation Programme by 2025 and orientation to 2030 of the Prime Minister,
defines that digital transformation in the energy sector focuses on the power
sector towards maximising and automating networks for efficient power supply.
The decision also defines the connection of digital meters to improve speed and
billing accuracy, identify network problems faster and assist users in ways to
save energy and detect power losses.
Ngo Thuy Quynh, deputy director of Petroleum and Coal Department under Ministry
of Industry and Trade, said that technology and digital transformation in the
oil and gas exploitation sector is evaluated as advancing.
Vietnam has built relatively complete oil and gas technology, from exploring,
exploiting and processing oil and gas to other services, said Quynh.
These technologies are from advanced countries and is evaluated as relatively
modern.
Enterprises have also started applying digital transformation in the
distribution unit system.
The information and technology in the coal sector has been limited and lack
simultaneity, she said.
The coal sector has been active in applying technology innovation. However, due
to its characteristics such as using unskilled labour, low technology levels
and the application of smart technology and digital transformation in
production still face difficulties.
In the electric industry, digital transformation in hydropower plants is still
limited.
Thermal power plants have applied more new technology. Their operation
parameters are stored by software and are being integrated in the digital
platform.
Le Xuan Huyen, deputy general director of PetroVietnam, said the market has
been changed adversely for the oil and gas sector both at home and abroad.
However, the PetroVietnam was determined to apply technology from
2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic spread./.
