One hour of lights off nationwide saves 942.2 million VND

Earth Hour is one of the annual global events on environmental protection, with the response of many countries and territories.

The Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam is co-chaired by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, attracting the attention and response of 63 provinces and cities and many people from all walks of life. Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is one of the typical units, always actively cooperating to effectively implement the program. 2025 marks the 17th time Vietnam has participated in this campaign.

Businesses and people responded by turning off the lights in response to Earth Hour.

With the spreading effect of the Earth Hour event, promoting the results of implementation over the years, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has launched the movement "All people save energy in response to Earth Hour 2025" with the message "Green transition - Green future". The movement does not only stop at calling for electricity saving, but also aims at a broader goal of encouraging sustainable energy production activities, increasing the use of renewable energy, promoting the application of energy-saving products and equipment, contributing to improving energy efficiency in both economic and environmental aspects.

People across the country turned off their lights to help spread the message of a greener and more sustainable future.

In order for the program's activities to be meaningful and effective, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities and EVN to coordinate in organizing communication activities in response to Earth Hour taking place in March to attract the attention of many organizations, agencies and people in the provinces and cities to participate in the campaign; mobilize organizations, agencies and people to turn off lights and unnecessary equipment during the time of the Lights Off Event in response to Earth Hour.

The Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam has spread strongly across the country.

Actively responding to the Earth Hour campaign, EVN takes advantage of the spreading power of the internet, digital transformation and social networks to promote propaganda on energy saving and environmental protection. The Group has requested its affiliated units to post content responding to the Earth Hour Campaign 2025 on digital media channels such as website, Zalo, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube... in many rich and attractive forms such as infographics, images, video clips, to attract attention and spread widely in the community.

The Group also requested Power Corporations and Power Companies in provinces and cities to step up propaganda on electricity saving and environmental protection at customer transaction locations and headquarters. At the same time, mobilize organizations, agencies and customers to respond to the campaign by turning off lights and unnecessary electrical equipment from 20:30 to 21:30, Saturday, March 22, 2025.

According to statistics on national electricity consumption of the National Electricity System and Market Operation Company Limited (NSMO), after 1 hour of turning off the lights in response to the Earth Hour Campaign 2025 (from 20:30 to 21:30 on March 22, 2025), the whole country saved 448,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to about 942.2 million VND (According to the current average retail electricity price of 2,103.1159 VND/kWh - PV)

After many years of active participation, the Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam has spread strongly across the country, becoming a meaningful annual activity taking place every March. From propaganda and awareness raising, up to now, the campaign has made an important contribution to transforming awareness into concrete actions, encouraging the community to practice saving electricity, using energy efficiently and protecting the environment.