Over 21 trillion VND (913 million USD) is needed to supply electricity to most rural households currently without access, heard a consultation conference in Hanoi on December 18 to pool investment for power supply projects in rural, mountainous, and island areas in the 2021-2025 period.
Vietnam’s access-to-electricity index has increased for the sixth consecutive year, scoring 88.2 points in 2019, up 0.26 point compared to the previous year (87.94 points).
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has made remarkable contributions to rural electrification after 10 years of implementing the Resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas issued at the seventh plenum of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The Southern Power Corporation of the EVN needs over 2.79 billion USD to carry out nine power transmission projects in the southern region and fulfil its rural electricfication targets in 2016-2020.
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.
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