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Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on electricity cooperation via videoconference on December 27.

Some 93.38 percent of electricity customers have shifted to cashless payment so far, compared to last year’s 91.72 percent, according to the State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) put 96 power transmission projects ranging from 110-500kV into operation in the first 10 months of 2021 despite difficulties brought about by COVID-19.

A concessional loan worth 70 million EUR (81 million USD) without government guarantee for the expanded Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Project was inked on November 10 between the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group and the French Development Agency (AFD).

Eighty-four out of 146 wind power projects signing power purchase and sale contracts with the Electricity Vietnam (EVN) had been put into commercial operation as of October 31, according to a document the EVN had sent to the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Commercial Operation Date (COD) results.

Forty-two out of 106 wind power plans registering for commercial operation received Commercial Operation Date (COD) acceptance as of October 29, according to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The Thai Binh Thermal Power Company has implemented various measures to respond to COVID-19 pandemic and ensure production at the same time, thus reaching all set targets despite impacts of the pandemic.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has donated 24,000 computers worth 60 billion VND (2.62 million USD) to the programme “Song va may tinh cho em” (Internet connection and computers for children) which was launched on September 12 to provide computers and telecom services for students and pupils with difficult circumstances.

The Prime Minister has approved the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s proposal to cut power bills for enterprises for three months in provinces and cities applying social distancing, according to a Government resolution issued on August 28.

Hoc Mon and Binh Chanh power companies of the Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation (EVN HCMC) have completed power supply to new COVID-19 treatment hospitals set up in the two districts.

The Electricity of Vietnam Generation Corporation No. 2 (EVNGenco2) inked a strategic cooperation agreement with Sembcorp Industries of Singapore on July 11 in Can Tho city to explore a strategic partnership on July 11 in Can Tho city.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) will provide a credit worth 27.1 trillion VND (1.18 billion USD) for the Quang Trach 1 thermal power project in the centreal province of Quang Binh.

The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) on June 29 signed a credit agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) on a loan of 74.7 million euros (82.6 million USD) to develop the expanded Ialy hydropower plant in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

A contract on a bidding package worth 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.29 billion USD) on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Quang Trach 1 thermal power plant in the central province of Quang Binh was signed in Hanoi on June 17.

Vietnam’s total output of electricity from renewable energies hit 9.5 billion kWh in the first four months of 2021, up 156.9 percent year-on-year, and accounting for 11.8 percent of the total electricity output, according to a report by the Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has decided to donate 1.5 billion VND (64,944 USD) in support of COVID-19 prevention and control in Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Da Nang, which have borne the brunt of the latest wave of the pandemic since late April.

Excess renewable energy has affected power system operations in Vietnam, said the leader of the National Power System Dispatch Centre of Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group targets becoming a major economic group with sustainable and efficient operations in tandem with market orientations, according to a strategy on its development to 2030 and vision to 2045 approved by the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister has approved a proposal from Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to expand the national grid from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to Ba Ria-Vung Tau province’s Con Dao Island via submarine cables.

Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) put into operation its first digital transformer station in Thuy Nguyen district, the northern port city of Hai Phong on April 19.