Vietnam Starts Planned Blackouts as Heat Stretches Grid
- Hot weather, lower hydropower risks shortages: Prime Minister
- Power outages in Vietnam could last through to the end of May
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Vietnam began planned nationwide blackouts as the country struggles to meet surging power demand amid extreme hot weather.
The rolling disruptions to electricity supply will spread to areas across most of the country — including the capital Hanoi — and could continue until the end of the month, according to notices issued by local units of state-run utility Vietnam Electricity Group. Outages will last up to seven hours in some areas, the notices said.