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EVN to provide free installation service to poor households

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will bring light to more than 16,000 poor households and policy beneficiaries’ families nationwide in December through providing them with free reparation and installation of electricity supply systems.
EVN to provide free installation service to poor households ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: evn.com.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will bring light to more than 16,000 poorhouseholds and policy beneficiaries’ families nationwide in December through providingthem with free reparation and installation of electricity supply systems.

During the final monthof the year, the EVN will also install roof-top solar panels in 100 schools andsome families, while giving free maintenance services to hundreds of transformerstations of its major clients.

The activities arepart of an annual programme that the EVN has held in the recent four years, manifestinggratitude to its customers.

A representative fromthe EVN said that so far this year, the corporation has recorded positiveprogress, with a rise in the System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIDI) and System Average InterruptionFrequency Index (SAIFI).

According to report bythe World Bank, Vietnam posts 87.94 points in Power Access Index in2018, ranking 27th out of the 190 economies, 37 positions highercompared to 2017 ranking, and becoming the country with most giant stepforwards in the index in the region.

Vietnam also surpassesthe Philippines to rank fourth in the ASEAN in the field. It is in the secondposition in the region regarding time to provide power services.

In 2018, customers canregister for EVN services online, and pay their bill in many methods.-VNA
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