The Technical Regulations on Rural Electrification were issued for uniform application nationwide and were sponsored by the Government of Sweden. The Regulations aim at the following: - Rural distribution networks (medium and low voltages and off-grid systems) will be rehabilitated and developed to meet with safety and reliability standards, meanwhile ensuring environmental protection, cost effectiveness and easy implementation. - Ensuring the development of the electricity of Vietnam in the transition period that is able to harmonise the current rural electricity infrastructure with the trend of electrical technology development on the world. This new Technical Regulation on Rural Electrification (QDKT.DNT-2006) was developed under the Vietnam – Sweden Rural Energy Programme/ Area 2 - Technical Standards for Rural Electrification/ Electric Networks (2005-2006) and it is an output of the cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).