Month: February 2013

Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation is keen to develop a coal-based thermal power plant in the central province of Khanh Hoa. The total capacity of the proposed plant is 1,320 MW and is estimated to cost 41.09 trillion dong. The...

VDB has agreed to provide a long-term credit of 662 billion dong for the 500 kV Quang Ninh–Mong Duong transmission line project. NPTC is the implementing agency for the project. The 25.2 km line will link the Mong Duong 1 and 2...

Germany’s Siemens Energy Service has won the multi-year service and maintenance contract for the Phu My 3 power plant. The deal is an extension of the earlier contract: it involves the maintenance of the plant’s major equipment...

The Vietnam government has approved a 1 trillion dong project involving the installation of submarine cables to transmit power to the Ly Son Island district. In November 2012, Vietnam’s Central Power Corporation, an affiliate of...

EVN has signed a 2.5 trillion dong contract with the Viet Nam Development Bank (VDB) to develop the Vinh Tan 2 and Duyen Hai 1 thermal power plants. The two plants, which will have a combined capacity of 2,400 MW, will entail a...

The Nam Chien 1 hydroelectric plant in Muong La, with an annual capacity of 814 million kWh, has started to generate power. Of the two turbines, only one turbine has been commissioned, while the other is expected to be...

Vietnam’s Southern Electricity Distribution Corporation plans to invest nearly 4.5 trillion dong in power projects in 2013. The projects include a sea cable system from Ha Tien to Phu Quoc Island and power transmission networks...

French equipment supplier Alstom has signed two contracts worth 422.98 billion dong with NPTC, to supply power equipment and materials for the 500/220 kV My Tho and Vinh Tan substations in southern Vietnam. Based on the terms of...

Meanwhile the National Power Transmission Corporation (NPTC), a subsidiary of the EVN Group, will be implementing the project in the northern region during 2013–17; it is estimated to cost 4.15 trillion dong. The DEP is the...

State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has started work on the distribution efficiency project (DEP). Under the project, the company will build and upgrade 110 kV lines and transformer stations, as well as medium and low...