As many as 97.83 percent of households in rural areas nationwide haveaccessed power services so far, as a result of the Electricity ofVietnam (EVN)’s efforts to realise the Party and State’s policy on ruralelectrification over the past 15 years.
As one ofthe pioneers in the programme, the Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC),a subsidiary of the EVN, has invested more than 5.7 trillion VND onpower projects in 1,270 southern communes, benefiting 960,271 localhouseholds.
According to Pham Ngoc Le, EVN SPC ViceDirector General, to date electricity have been supplied to 100 percentof communes, wards and towns, a remarkable rise from 70 percent in 1996.As many as 98.44 percent of households had access to power, he added.
At the same time, the EVN SPC provided electricityserving agriculture across the Mekong Delta region, meeting the demandof electricity for daily activities and irrigation, he said.
The firm worked on a 172-billion VND project to build 371km middlevoltage transmission line and install 936 transformer stations with acapacity of 90,493 KVA, providing electricity for 936 water stationsthat help irrigate 165,000 hectares of paddy field in An Giang province.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An, where82 percent of local residents live in rural areas, is among thelocalities that benefit most from the project.
After15 years, 99.3 percent of local rural households enjoyed powerservices, helping improve their living conditions and production.
So far, Long An has launched 68 small-scaled water supply stations to irrigate 10,915 hectares of farming areas.
However,Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Vice Director of the Long An Power Company,highlighted the difficulty of supplying electricity to remote andmountainous areas.
A high power supplying cost, which isestimated at 80 million VND per household, is also a barrier thathinders the access of power to the areas, he said, adding that theprovince could only afford power supply to two communes each year.
In 2015, Long An is set to bring power to 31 communes to meet thestandard on electricity of a new-style rural area, up from 25 communescurrently. Total investment for the electrification programme in theprovince is expected to reach nearly 991 billion VND until 2020,doubling that of the 1998-2014 period.-VNA
As one ofthe pioneers in the programme, the Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC),a subsidiary of the EVN, has invested more than 5.7 trillion VND onpower projects in 1,270 southern communes, benefiting 960,271 localhouseholds.
According to Pham Ngoc Le, EVN SPC ViceDirector General, to date electricity have been supplied to 100 percentof communes, wards and towns, a remarkable rise from 70 percent in 1996.As many as 98.44 percent of households had access to power, he added.
At the same time, the EVN SPC provided electricityserving agriculture across the Mekong Delta region, meeting the demandof electricity for daily activities and irrigation, he said.
The firm worked on a 172-billion VND project to build 371km middlevoltage transmission line and install 936 transformer stations with acapacity of 90,493 KVA, providing electricity for 936 water stationsthat help irrigate 165,000 hectares of paddy field in An Giang province.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An, where82 percent of local residents live in rural areas, is among thelocalities that benefit most from the project.
After15 years, 99.3 percent of local rural households enjoyed powerservices, helping improve their living conditions and production.
So far, Long An has launched 68 small-scaled water supply stations to irrigate 10,915 hectares of farming areas.
However,Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Vice Director of the Long An Power Company,highlighted the difficulty of supplying electricity to remote andmountainous areas.
A high power supplying cost, which isestimated at 80 million VND per household, is also a barrier thathinders the access of power to the areas, he said, adding that theprovince could only afford power supply to two communes each year.
In 2015, Long An is set to bring power to 31 communes to meet thestandard on electricity of a new-style rural area, up from 25 communescurrently. Total investment for the electrification programme in theprovince is expected to reach nearly 991 billion VND until 2020,doubling that of the 1998-2014 period.-VNA
