About 27,000 households in the northern mountainous province of Son La still lack access to electricity, said a local official.
Bui Duc Hai, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, revealed that the rate of households currently using electricity in the province is only 83.6 percent, below the country’s average.
To deal with the issue, the province and the Northern Power Corporation (NPC) under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will launch a project to supply electricity to the targeted families in mid September.
The project, worth 135 billion VND (6.25 million USD), will work to connect 5,345 households in 72 remote villages of Mai Son and Song Ma districts to the national grid.
Another project worth 557 billion VND (25.8 million USD) that began in May 2012 has so far supplied electricity to 20,836 households in the locality.-VNA
Bui Duc Hai, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, revealed that the rate of households currently using electricity in the province is only 83.6 percent, below the country’s average.
To deal with the issue, the province and the Northern Power Corporation (NPC) under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will launch a project to supply electricity to the targeted families in mid September.
The project, worth 135 billion VND (6.25 million USD), will work to connect 5,345 households in 72 remote villages of Mai Son and Song Ma districts to the national grid.
Another project worth 557 billion VND (25.8 million USD) that began in May 2012 has so far supplied electricity to 20,836 households in the locality.-VNA
