Construction of Ialy Hydropower Plant Extension Project, February 2023

This policy of converting the use of this natural forest area to construct Ialy Hydropower Plant Extension Project in Gia Lai province has been agreed by the Prime Minister in Document No. 656/TTg-NN dated July 22, 2022.

This area is located in Chu Pah district, Gia Lai province, and has been included in the land use planning to 2030 of Chu Pah district.

Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee has assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to coordinate with relevant units to review the regulations on land use conversion, then advise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee recommendations on the land use conversion in consistence with the conversion of use of the mentioned 1.02 ha natural forest.

The Ialy Protection Forest Management Board will take the lead and coordinate with Power Project Management Board No.2 under Vietnam Electricity to develop a plan to fully exploit woods of common forest plant species within the 1.02 hectares of natural forest, and submit to the competent authority for approval and implementation in accordance with regulations.

According to Power Project Management Board No.2, with the People's Committee of Gia Lai province’s consent to the conversion of forest use as above, the final difficult "knot" of the project has been removed, an important basis for the project construction implementation and acceleration with the aim of completing the project in 2024.

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