The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak targets to have more than97.5 percent of its ethnic minority households accessing the nationalpower grid in 2015.
The locality also aims toensure all of its communes and residents are connected to the network by2020 through mobilising various resources to accelerate power supplyinstallation in non-electrified hamlets and villages.
Other projects have been also carried out in the province, includingbuilding and upgrading facilities to ensure stable connections to apower supply for 12,536 ethnic minority households in 80 communes across13 districts, townships and cities at total cost of about 193.5 billionVND (9 million USD).
Additionally,communication activities have been enhanced across remote and borderareas to raise their awareness of safe and efficient electricity usage.
In 2014, the Dak Lak Power Company iscommercial power output reached more than 1 billion kWh, up 11.2 percentfrom the previous year.
The province currentlyleads the region in access to power with all communes tapping thenational grid. As many as 96.8 percent of its ethnic minority householdsaccessed the national power grid.
Covering more than13,000 sq.km of land in the heart of the Central Highlands, Dak Lak ishome to approximately 1.8 million residents, with over 1.3 millionpeople living in rural areas and more than 30 percent of the populationbeing ethnic minorities.-VNA
The locality also aims toensure all of its communes and residents are connected to the network by2020 through mobilising various resources to accelerate power supplyinstallation in non-electrified hamlets and villages.
Other projects have been also carried out in the province, includingbuilding and upgrading facilities to ensure stable connections to apower supply for 12,536 ethnic minority households in 80 communes across13 districts, townships and cities at total cost of about 193.5 billionVND (9 million USD).
Additionally,communication activities have been enhanced across remote and borderareas to raise their awareness of safe and efficient electricity usage.
In 2014, the Dak Lak Power Company iscommercial power output reached more than 1 billion kWh, up 11.2 percentfrom the previous year.
The province currentlyleads the region in access to power with all communes tapping thenational grid. As many as 96.8 percent of its ethnic minority householdsaccessed the national power grid.
Covering more than13,000 sq.km of land in the heart of the Central Highlands, Dak Lak ishome to approximately 1.8 million residents, with over 1.3 millionpeople living in rural areas and more than 30 percent of the populationbeing ethnic minorities.-VNA
