EVNSPC to expand coverage to more southern rural areas
The Electricity of Vietnam Group’s Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC) will invest nearly 8 trillion VND (344 million USD) to provide power for rural areas in 12 cities and provinces, as well as island communes in Kien Giang and the Mekong Delta region, by 2020.
EVNSPC staff provide customer services in An Giang (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Electricity of Vietnam Group’s SouthernPower Corporation (EVNSPC) will invest nearly 8 trillion VND (344 million USD) toprovide power for rural areas in 12 cities and provinces, as well as islandcommunes in Kien Giang and the Mekong Delta region, by 2020.
The firm will spend more than 85 billion VND (3.65 million USD) toconnect over 60,000 rural households with the national power grid.
Currently, the EVNSPC is trying to cover rural areas in the southwestregion that are home to a large river and canal system, an obstacle for the constructionof power infrastructure.
Over the past few years, the company has implemented a number of powersupply projects in remote and island localities in 21 southern cities andprovinces.
As of September 2018, the second phase of electricity projects in VinhLoi, Hoa Binh, Phuong Long and Hong Dan districts of Tra Vinh province, and DongHai district of neighbouring Bac Lieu province have been completed with theinstallment of 917km of middle voltage and 869km of low voltage transmissionlines, along with 1,119 transformation stations at a total investment of 1.13trillion VND (48.59 million USD).
By 2020, when the projects are fully completed, 18,791 households from254 hamlets of 39 communes in the five districts will have electricity to servetheir daily life and production on 76,749ha of farmland.
Many remote communes and districts which are home to ethnic minoritygroups in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and neighbouring BinhPhuoc province, as well as a number of island localities are also being addedto EVNSPC’s service coverage plans.–VNA
There was a remarkable change in the use of electricity among sectors in southern provinces in the first six months of 2016, according to the Southern Power Corporation of the Electricity of Vietnam.
The EVNSPC is finalising three projects to supply power to two island communes as well as in-need localities which are home to Khmer people in the southern province of Kien Giang within this year.
The Southern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVNSPC) is planning to build 53 more 110 kV power projects in southern provinces and cities, bringing the total number of works in 2017 to 79.
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EVNSPC staff provide customer services in An Giang (Photo: VNA) 
