Households Exempt from Electricity Charges for Residential Use Due to Covid-19?

In Official Dispatch 4748/BCT-DTDL in 2021, it is stipulated:

The beneficiaries of electricity bill reduction are residential customers using electricity for living purposes in the following localities:

- Provinces and centrally-run cities currently implementing social distancing according to Directive No. 16/CT-TTg dated March 31, 2020, of the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam on urgent measures for COVID-19 prevention and control as of July 30, 2021.

- Districts, district-level towns, provincial cities, and centrally-run cities currently implementing comprehensive social distancing according to Directive No. 16/CT-TTg as of July 30, 2021.

The list of localities eligible for electricity bill reduction as mentioned above is provided by the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities to the power units.

Electricity bill reduction levels:

- A 15% reduction in the electricity bill (before VAT) on the electricity bill for customers using up to 200 kWh/month.

- A 10% reduction in the electricity bill (before VAT) on the electricity bill for customers using over 200 kWh/month.

=> Thus, according to the above regulations, households in localities implementing social distancing according to Directive 16 at the current time will receive electricity bill reductions as per the aforementioned percentage reductions.

Sincerely.