Efforts exerted to complete transmission line carrying electricity from Laos in October
Efforts have been made to finish the 220kV Nam Sum – Nong Cong transmission line project in October to facilitate electricity imports from Laos to Vietnam to meet the rising demand in northern provinces.
Efforts made to finish 220kV Nam Sum – Nong Cong transmission line project in October (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Efforts have been made to finish the 220kV Nam Sum – Nong Cong transmission line project in October to facilitate electricity imports from Laos to Vietnam to meet the rising demand in northern provinces.
This is an urgent project aimed at importing electricity from Laos’ Nam Sum Hydropower Plant Complex to Vietnam, and realising the commitment between the two countries’ Parties and Governments to strengthen energy cooperation.
With a total length of nearly 130km, the line spans the districts of Que Phong and Quy Chau in the central province of Nghe An, as well as Nhu Xuan, Nhu Thanh, and Nong Cong in its neighbouring province of Thanh Hoa.
Tran Kim Vu, deputy head of the Northern Vietnam Power Projects Management Board (NPMB) which manages this project, said that it is intensifying coordination with localities to address existing shortcomings and obstacles to accelerate work on the project.
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