More than 90,000 households of ethnic minority group in the Central Highlands have accessed to electricity thanks to a project to supply electricity to villages of five provinces in the region, according to the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN).
EVN said among villages in the five projected provinces, all villages of Lam Dong province get access to the national electricity grid.
The group expects to fulfill the project in 2010, supplying electricity to 114 remaining villages.
Apart from the project, EVN is carrying out another project to supply electricity to about 40,000 households of Khmer ethnic minority group in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang.
The group also plans to implement a similar project to provide electricity to poor households in the northwestern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Dien Bien during 2010.
Another project to supply electricity for poor and ethnic minority people in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is in the pipeline.
Besides, the group has provided early 280 billion USD to the three poor districts of Phong Tho, Than Uyen and Tan Uyen, in Lai Chau province in the 2009-1011 period under the government’s resolution on supporting poverty reduction in poor districts./.
EVN said among villages in the five projected provinces, all villages of Lam Dong province get access to the national electricity grid.
The group expects to fulfill the project in 2010, supplying electricity to 114 remaining villages.
Apart from the project, EVN is carrying out another project to supply electricity to about 40,000 households of Khmer ethnic minority group in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang.
The group also plans to implement a similar project to provide electricity to poor households in the northwestern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Dien Bien during 2010.
Another project to supply electricity for poor and ethnic minority people in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is in the pipeline.
Besides, the group has provided early 280 billion USD to the three poor districts of Phong Tho, Than Uyen and Tan Uyen, in Lai Chau province in the 2009-1011 period under the government’s resolution on supporting poverty reduction in poor districts./.
