More than VND 3,200 billion invested in rural power gridby EVNHCMC

Implementing the National Goal Program on new rural construction in the period of 2010 - 2020, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation (EVNHCMC) has actively invested and renovated the power system to accomplished Criteria No. 4 of rural electricity for all 56 communes in the locality with a total investment of more than VND 3,200 billion.

In particular, in the period from 2010 to 2015, EVNHCMC has improved, upgraded and expanded the rural power grid with a total capital of nearly VND 2,000 billion. In this period, the Corporation basically completed supplying power from the national grid for 100% of farmer households in 5 suburban districts. In which, there are several key projects such as Solar power system for  around 180 households in Thieng Lieng hamlet, Thanh An island commune (Can Gio district) completed in 2011; the "Construction of 22kV underground cable line crossing the sea to power Thanh An commune" completed in April 2015, ...

In 2016, EVNHCMC fulfilled the task ahead of the planned  schedule, completing Criteria No. 4 of rural electricity.

From 2016 up to now, EVNHCMC continues to modernize the rural power grid as well as improve the power quality in order to serve the development of new urban areas, industrial zones, export processing zones and high-tech agricultural zones which are being rapidly constructed.

The total investment in this period is expected to be more than VND 1,200 billion.


  • 23/05/2019 10:30
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