Canon lights up more rural roads in Bac Giang province
An additional 9km of rural roads in the northern province of Bac Giang have been lit up thanks to a project launched by Japanese-invested Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd.
Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate a street light system in Huong Mai commune on May 14 (Photo: baobacgiang.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – An additional 9km of rural roads in thenorthern province of Bac Giang have been lit up thanks to a project launched byJapanese-invested Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd.
The street light systems were inaugurated at aceremony in Huong Mai commune of Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province, on May14.
Canon Vietnam said the systems were built inover two months at a cost of some 200 million VND (8,800 USD).
The beneficiary hamlets are Hoang Lai in ThanhVan commune; Dinh Ha and Quyen in Tan Trung commune; Ngoc Son in Chu Diencommune; and Xuan Lan, Tam Hop, Xuan Minh and Dong Ich in Huong Mai commune.
Niimura Minoru, Deputy Director of CanonVietnam, said his firm began the “Light up the countryside” project in 2013. Ithas so far funded the construction of street lights for nearly 85km of roads in35 hamlets in Bac Giang and nearby Bac Ninh province.
The company is scheduled to unveil the lightingsystem for over 9km of rural roads in Bac Ninh on May 26, benefiting thehamlets of Guot, Cau Dao, Phuong Tri and Ngoc Noi in the province’s Que Vo, GiaBinh, Luong Tai and Thuan Thanh districts.-VNA
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Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate a street light system in Huong Mai commune on May 14 (Photo: baobacgiang.com.vn) 
