Thermo-electric power plant receives loan

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and the Chinese Bank of Import and Export inked an agreement on Dec. 17 to grant a loan to Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant in the southern province of Binh Thuan.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and the Chinese Bank of Import and Export inked an agreement on Dec. 17 to grant a loan to Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant in the southern province of Binh Thuan.

The 300 million USD agreement will boost the construction of the 2 x 600MW power plant and step up implementation of the Government’s electricity plan.

The Vinh Tan 2 is one of three plants at the Vinh Tan Electricity Centre under the national electric development plan for the 2006-2015 period, which was approved by the Prime Minister with a total investment capital of nearly 23.5 trillion VND (1.2 billion USD).

Project construction began in August and the plant will be operated by Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN)./.

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