HCMC – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group to start talks over a long-term contract to import power from China as well as from other regional countries.
In a document issued by the Government’s Office on Tuesday, the Government ordered that EVN buy power from China during 2010-2015 via the 110-kilovolt and 220-kilovolt power lines. EVN was told to report to the Government the progress of negotiations for power purchase by October this year.
EVN was also instructed to do a feasibility study for a plan to set up the 500-kilovolt power transmission line connecting Vietnam and China, and submit the feasibility study to the Government no later than next January.
In addition, the Government also asked EVN to execute projects that had been approved for building the power link between regional countries as well as to complete procedures for starting work on Duyen Hai 3 Thermoelectric Plant this year.
The deputy prime minister asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to complete mapping out the national master plan for power development for the next period in September.
According to the document, Vietnam is accelerating projects to tap hydropower sources in Laos and Cambodia as well as hastening construction of a common power line between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
