The Electricity of Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation(EVNNPT) on April 25 held a conference in the central city of Da Nang toreview the 20-year operation of the North-South 500kV transmissionline.
Chairman of the Vietnam Power Association Tran Viet Ngaisaid the line’s Circuit 1, stretching nearly 1,500 km from the northernprovince of Hoa Binh to Ho Chi Minh City, was inaugurated on May 27,1994.
That was the first time Vietnam had constructed such anextra high voltage line, he said, adding that it had taken two years tobuild despite other countries saying it would take 8-10 years.
Prof.Tran Dinh Long said the project marks a milestone in Vietnam’selectricity sector as it connects three separate power systems in thenorth, the centre and the south of Vietnam.
In the past two decades, both circuits of the line have transmitted more than 12 billion kWh per year.
Atthe event, EVNNPT Deputy General Director Tran Quoc Lam said the firmis working hard to put into use the Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong 500kV line,which is deemed as the third circuit of the North-South 500kV line.-VNA