The Electricity of Vietnam Group’s Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC) will invest nearly 8 trillion VND (344 million USD) to provide power for rural areas in 12 cities and provinces, as well as island communes in Kien Giang and the Mekong Delta region, by 2020.
Construction for a 40.6MW solar power plant started in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 16.
Power drawn from renewable energy is expected to soar in the future, although the country’s capacity to integrate this source of energy into the national power grid is still limited, possibly causing throttling on the network, heard attendants at a seminar held in Hanoi last week.
The Tay Ninh Power Company has splashed out 175 billion VND (7.7 million USD) on the upgrade and repair of 45 electricity grid works in key economic zones, as well as rural and border areas.
Electricity supply from Vietnam has facilitated economic development in Laos and improved living standards of villagers in border districts, said Vilaphorn, assistant to Director of the Electricity Corporation of Laos (Electricite Du Laos - EDL) on August 7.
Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Beatrice Maser Mallor has expressed her delight at the two countries’ relations, stressing that Vietnam and Switzerland have cooperated in multiple spheres.
The Vinh Tan 1 thermal power plant’s second turbine is now in the stage of trial run and is expected to start commercial operation by the end of this year, six months ahead of schedule.
Da Nang city has been given the title of National Green City 2017-18 by the World Wide Fund for Nature’s One Planet City Challenge programme, making it onto a list of 21 cities from around the world.
The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway has been connected to the national power grid since the beginning of July for its trial operation this month.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has announced that its total commercial power volume hit 91.78 billion kWh in the first half of the year, up 10.65 percent annually.
Power on Co To island district was restored at 4:00 am on June 29, according to Chairman of the district People’s Committee Tran Nhu Long.
Co To island district authorities on June 21 advised tourists not to visit Co To island during power disruption time to reduce electricity and water supply pressure in the island.
Lightning has damaged the 22KV power transmission line that provides electricity for Co To island district and five communes of Van Don island district in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, disrupting electricity supply for the islands for days.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his belief that the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will become a “treasury” of investors in the near future.
Many poor households that were given cajeput forests to protect and harvest as part of a local programme in Kien Giang province have escaped poverty.
The construction of Vietnam’s biggest solar power plant with capacity of 168 MWp and total investment of roughly 4.4 trillion VND (194 million USD) commenced in the south central province of Ninh Thuan on June 8.
Owners of shrimp-breeding ponds pay 50-200 million VND (2,200 – 8,800 USD) for electricity per hectare per crop, accounting for 10 percent of their total cost of aquaculture production.
Co To island in the northern province of Quang Ninh has attracted many visitors due to its untouched beauty and perfect conditions for sea and island tourism.
