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.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has said it will inaugurate and put into operation a number of key projects in December to ensure power supply in the dry season of 2017.
Electricity has been resumed in disaster-stricken central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam, said the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on November 7.
Staff of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) are working hard to resume power supply in the central region which has been interrupted by serious flood over the last few days.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed relevant ministries, agencies and groups to set forth measures and mechanisms in order to ensure electricity supply for the economy.
The EVNSPC is finalising three projects to supply power to two island communes as well as in-need localities which are home to Khmer people in the southern province of Kien Giang within this year.
Turbine group 2 with a capacity of 400 MW of the Lai Chau hydropower plant in northern Lai Chau province will provide electricity for the national grid on June 20 or 21.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will work with the Naval High Command on a report proposing the Government allow the group to supply electricity to all islands in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has drawn up a plan to ensure that power supply will meet the anticipated surge in demand during the dry season this year.
The Son La Power Company in the northern mountainous province of Son La is making its utmost effort to repair damaged electricity lines and poles caused by the recent freeze.
Over 2 million households in Ho Chi Minh City joined a family electricity saving programme from 2013 to 2015, helping save about 1.35 billion kWh of electricity.
The Southern Power Corporation of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN SPC) has so far supplied electricity for nearly 30,500 households in the island districts of Phu Quy, Con Dao, Phu Quoc and Kien Hai.
Vietnam needs to tap different sources of energy to ensure sustainable electricity supply with reasonable prices, heard a conference in the central city of Da Nang on November 4.
The Power Holding Corporation under the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) held a ceremony to kick off construction of the Na Duong II power plant.
Hon Nghe island commune in Kien Luong district, the southwestern province of Kien Giang will link to the national grid in 2016 as a power supply project started in Rach Gia city on October 10.
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