Society
Can Tho: 13,000 households lack electricity
Nearly 13,000 households in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho do not have access to national power grid, according to an official from the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.
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Electricity lights up communes in Lai Chau
The national grid is now connected to all communes in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, helping locals escape poverty.
Business
EVN to invest 600 trillion VND in national grid
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) aims to mobilise over 600 trillion VND (27.9 billion USD) from both domestic and international sources to develop power plants and grids from 2016-2020.
Business
Vinacomin pledges sufficient coal for power plants
Leaders of the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited pledged to ensure sufficient coal for electricity production despite the disruption caused by flooding recently.
Society
Electricity lights up communes in Lai Chau
All communes in the northern province of Lai Chau were connected to the national grid six months earlier than expected, as heard at a ceremony to mark the event in the locality on August 6.
Society
Vinh Long completes upgrades of rural electricity network
The Southern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN SPC) completed upgrades to the rural electricity network in Vinh Long on July 31.
Society
Phu Yen targets modern rural area building
The southern central coastal province of Phu Yen aims to have at least 20 communes recognised as modern rural areas.
Son La: 27,000 households lack electricity
About 27,000 households in the northern mountainous province of Son La
still lack access to electricity, said a local official.
Indonesia to increase electricity subsidies for the poor
The Indonesian government will consider increasing power subsidies in
2016 to serve the electricity demands of the impoverished, especially
those in rural and remote areas, said Minister of Finance Bambang
Brodjonegoro on July 7.
PM approves electricity subsidy grant for the disadvantaged
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to use money from the state
budget to subsidize electricity prices for residents in island communes
and districts and poor households.
Society
Electricity ensured despite rising demand
The national power system, which has a total capacity of between 26,000
and 28,200 megawatts, is fully capable to serve the rising demand in the
north in June, which is the peak of the hot season.
Environment
HCM City waste plants to generate electricity
Ho Chi Minh City plans to reduce environmental pollution by reducing the
rate of buried waste to under 40 percent by the end of the year.
EVN pledges adequate electricity in May
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) pledged that it will provide enough
electricity in May to meet demand, potentially reaching as high as 463
million kilowatt hours each day.
Business
MoU signed on developing competitive electricity market
The Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV) and
the US Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on providing technical support to develop the
competitive electricity market in Vietnam on May 7 in Hanoi.
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