Keyword: "electricity access"

According to PLN data, Indonesia's national electrification ratio has reached 99.83% of households.

The Asian Development Bbank (ADB) has approved a 600-million-USD loan to help PLN, Indonesia’s state-owned power company, expand electricity access and promote the use of renewable energy in the eastern region of the country.

Total investment for socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang stood at 222.66 trillion VND (9.6 billion USD) in 2016-2020, with an annual average growth of 6.1 percent, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The Government’s Resolution No.19/NQ-CP has brought about remarkable improvements in business environment and national competitive capacity, creating more favourable conditions for business operation of local enterprises, after five years of implementation.

Vietnam’s Getting Electricity indicator was ranked 27th among 190 countries and economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business report in 2018, up 37 places from last year.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) group will strive to raise the country’s ranking in electricity access index to at least the 60th position among 190 countries and economies in 2018.

One more rural village in Bac Son district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son has access to the national power grid, helping local residents enjoy the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

More than 9,100 families in three districts of the northern mountainous province of Son La have been connected to the national grid, just one month before Lunar New Year 2017.

Vietnam has jumped five places to 96th position in terms of electricity access, one of the criteria the World Bank uses to rank 189 economies on the ease of doing business.

The Southern Power Corporation of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN SPC) plans to inject more than 7.66 trillion VND (344.7 million USD) into transmission projects across Kien Giang province.

State-run EVN and the People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province held a ground-breaking ceremony for the project that provides electricity access from the national grid to Cu Lao Cham.

Up to 604,334 households in the southern province of Dong Nai, or 99.49 percent, have accessed the national power grid, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will reduce installation times for customers to access the medium-voltage transmission network from 18 to 10 business days.