Thanh revealed that EVN has put the second turbine of BungRiver Hydropower Plant into operation, adding 1,170MW to the nationalpower grid, and has completed 33 power line constructions to the Southto ensure power supply for the region.
EVN has asked the MoIT to assign other power suppliers to mobilise electricity, he added.
MoITfigures showed that the country's total power production in the first10 months of the year increased by 12 percent to 115.67 billion kWh.
During that period, Vietnam imported from China 1.7 billion kWh of electricity, a 41-percent year-on-year reduction.
For the entire 2014, the country aims to import from China 2.4 billion kWh of electricity, a 26-percent year-on-year reduction.-VNA