28 dated April 7, 2014 of the Prime Minister on the structure of retail electricity tariffs, it issued Circular No. Known collectively as Circular 16, these documents provide guidance on applying retail electricity tariffs based on customer categories and usage purposes. As a result, Circular 16 did not specify a separate electricity user category for data centers, and such facilities were subject to production electricity tariffs. Thus, data centers operated by telecommunications and television enterprises for their own activities are subject to production electricity tariffs. Therefore, the proposal to apply production retail electricity prices to data centers has both practical and legal grounds.

Source: VietNamNet News February 16, 2026 04:34 UTC