Vietnam's rural areas get connected
HANOI - Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) is readying fresh funds and
construction initiatives for its ongoing campaign to expand access to
electricity to every corner of the country.
By the end of last year, 491 of the country's 503 districts (97.6 percent)
were plugged in, while 9.91 million farming households (77.4 percent of
the total) had access to power. Of the country's 8,939 communes, 7,584
are already wired up, totaling 84.9 percent.
The World Bank is now offering loans to a rural electricity project that
will now add another 129 communes in 27 provinces to this figure. Any
capital left unspent after the first stage of the project is completed will be
invested into building power distribution systems in 182 communes,
raising the total number of target communes to 794, which is 103 more
than initially planned.
EVN is also ready to invest in bringing electricity to Tan Mai and Vay
Nua communes near the Hoa Binh hydroelectricity reservoir.
Other areas in line for connection include 18 ethnic minority villages in the
Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai, the extremely poor
communes of Pa Tang, A Doi and Ngan Thuy in border areas of the
central provinces of Quang Binh and Quang Tri, Hong Thuy Commune in
Thua Thien-Hue Province, and some communes in former revolutionary
bases in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Phu Yen provinces.
This year, the corporation will undertake a host of important construction
projects that will prove decisive to its production and business over the
next few years. It will build six new electricity plants, including Phu My
Thermal Power Plant No 4 and the add-on Phu My 2-1 in the southern
province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, the expanded Uong Bi Thermal Power
Plant, the Se San Hydro-electricity Plant No 3 in Gia Lai province, and
the Dai Ninh Hydroelectricity Plant and O Mon Thermal Power Plant in
Can Tho province.
EVN will also complete half-finished construction projects from last year,
including the Yaly Hydroelectricity Plant, the Phu My 1 Thermal Power
Plant, the Ham Thuan-Da Mi Hydroelectricity Plant, the Pha Lai Thermal
Power Plant No 2, the add-on 306-2 Ba Ria Plant, the add-on Phu My
2-1 Plant, and the recovery of Da Nhim Plant.
The corporation will also start building 461 electric distribution networks,
including 500-kilovolt transmission wires linking Pleiku to Phu Lam, Phu
My to Nha Be to Phu Lam, and the 500kV substations in Ha Tinh,
Pleiku, Nha Be and Phu My. It will expand the 500kV substations at Da
Nang and Tan Dinh, and put a number of 220kV and 110kV
transmission-wire networks into operation. The total investment needed
for this work in 2002 will be about VND15.735 trillion (US$1 billion). HANOI - Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) is readying fresh funds and
construction initiatives for its ongoing campaign to expand access to
electricity to every corner of the country.
By the end of last year, 491 of the country's 503 districts (97.6 percent)
were plugged in, while 9.91 million farming households (77.4 percent of
the total) had access to power. Of the country's 8,939 communes, 7,584
are already wired up, totaling 84.9 percent.
The World Bank is now offering loans to a rural electricity project that
will now add another 129 communes in 27 provinces to this figure. Any
capital left unspent after the first stage of the project is completed will be
invested into building power distribution systems in 182 communes,
raising the total number of target communes to 794, which is 103 more
than initially planned.
EVN is also ready to invest in bringing electricity to Tan Mai and Vay
Nua communes near the Hoa Binh hydroelectricity reservoir.
Other areas in line for connection include 18 ethnic minority villages in the
Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai, the extremely poor
communes of Pa Tang, A Doi and Ngan Thuy in border areas of the
central provinces of Quang Binh and Quang Tri, Hong Thuy Commune in
Thua Thien-Hue Province, and some communes in former revolutionary
bases in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Phu Yen provinces.
This year, the corporation will undertake a host of important construction
projects that will prove decisive to its production and business over the
next few years. It will build six new electricity plants, including Phu My
Thermal Power Plant No 4 and the add-on Phu My 2-1 in the southern
province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, the expanded Uong Bi Thermal Power
Plant, the Se San Hydro-electricity Plant No 3 in Gia Lai province, and
the Dai Ninh Hydroelectricity Plant and O Mon Thermal Power Plant in
Can Tho province.
EVN will also complete half-finished construction projects from last year,
including the Yaly Hydroelectricity Plant, the Phu My 1 Thermal Power
Plant, the Ham Thuan-Da Mi Hydroelectricity Plant, the Pha Lai Thermal
Power Plant No 2, the add-on 306-2 Ba Ria Plant, the add-on Phu My
2-1 Plant, and the recovery of Da Nhim Plant.
The corporation will also start building 461 electric distribution networks,
including 500-kilovolt transmission wires linking Pleiku to Phu Lam, Phu
My to Nha Be to Phu Lam, and the 500kV substations in Ha Tinh,
Pleiku, Nha Be and Phu My. It will expand the 500kV substations at Da
Nang and Tan Dinh, and put a number of 220kV and 110kV
transmission-wire networks into operation. The total investment needed
for this work in 2002 will be about VND15.735 trillion (US$1 billion).
Asia Times - January 24, 2002.
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