Samsung to build Vietnam’s first combined cycle power plant

Headquarters of Samsung Electronics in Seoul, the RoK (Photo: Yonhap/VNA)

Seoul (VNA) - Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, has announced it had obtained a plant deal worth 510 million USD from Vietnam.

In a statement on February 2, Samsung C&T said it received the order from PetroVietnam Power Corporation, to build the Southeast Asian country's first combined cycle power plant.

Samsung C&T will form a consortium with local builder Lilama Corp. to build gas and steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, substations, and power transmission lines for the plant, it said.      

The company has yet to provide the timeframe for the plant./.

VNA