The Southern Power Corporation (SPC) of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) has been working to bring electricity to not only rural island communes but also border areas in recent years.
The Southern Power Corporation (SPC) of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) is implementing several projects to connect southern rural areas with the national grid.
As many as 698 households in eight hamlets in Van Lang commune of Dong Hy district, northern Thai Nguyen province, have got access to the national grid after a project was completed on January 24.
The island commune of Hon Nghe in Kien Luong district, the southern province of Kien Giang, has been connected with the national grid, a move that is hoped to spur local economic growth.
Nearly 1,000 families of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak gained access to electricity of the national grid on January 23, just a few days ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year.
More than 3,000 households in three island communes - Lai Son, Hon Nghe and Son Hai - in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang have been connected to the national power grid.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said it channelled more than 134.85 trillion VND (5.93 billion USD) into boosting the national grid capacity last year.
The Electricity of Vietnam’s Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) put into operation 619 power works at a total investment of over 6.5 trillion VND in 2016.
All communes, wards and towns and over 97 percent of the total households in rural areas in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak have been connected to the national grid.
The central province of Quang Tri has fulfilled its target of bringing electricity to all communes as the two last hamlets of Tria and Cat in Huong Son ward, Huong Hoa district have recently gained access to the national power grid.
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.
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.
The Southern Power Corporation on November 26 fired up an 110kV cross-sea transmission line to supply electricity to Lai Son island of the southern province of Kien Giang.
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, has proposed to add the construction of the Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants to plans for national electricity development.
The Nhon Trach 2 thermal power plant of the PetroVietnam Power Nhon Trach 2 company in the southern province of Dong Nai on September 5 reached its target of producing 25 million kWh.
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