Son La Hydropower Company is a dependent accounting unit of the parent company - Vietnam Electricity, established by the Members' Board of Vietnam Electricity in Decision No. 69/QD-EVN dated 14 February 2011. The company manages and operates Son La Hydropower Plant (2,400MW) and Lai Chau Hydropower Plant (1,200MW). Both works are on the list of Important Works related to national security.
Under the authorization of the State President, Mr. Le Hong Minh - Vice Chairman of Son La Provincial People's Committee (4th from the right) awarded the First Class Labor Medal to Son La Hydropower Company.
Over the past 10 years, Son La Hydropower Company has successfully completed the safe and efficient production - operation task of Son La and Lai Chau hydropower plants, making an important contribution to Vietnam Electricity in ensuring power supply for the country's socio-economic development. The total electricity output produced by the two plants in the past 10 years is 112.93 billion kWh. The Company is always proactive in reservoir regulating in the rainy season, significantly increasing the efficiency of power generation, taking the most advantages of water resources in the Da river basin (an increase of more than 1 billion kWh for Hoa Binh hydropower annually) and contributes greatly to the water supply in the dry season.
Annually, the Company pays a large budget to the provinces of Son La, Dien Bien and Lai Chau with the total value of contributions to the State Budget up to nearly VND 20,000 billion from its establishment until the end of 2021. Son La Hydropower Company is always interested in social security work in the locality, joining hands in hunger eradication and poverty reduction.