Workers of Quang Ninh Electricity Company under the Northern Power Corporation install data transmission equipment. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Ha Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged ministries and agencies to work to avoid upcoming power shortages. Many key electricity projects, especially large-scale projects that are expected to be completed in 2023, have been delayed, leading to a risk of electricity shortages from 2021. The Government leader urged officials to prepare plans to hasten the projects at a Government meeting held in Ha Noi on Monday. He told them to submit a draft plan the Government soon. The State Bank will consider allowing the projects to exceed credit limits to finish on time, while Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and the Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) will focus all resources on completing them. Ministries, sectors and localities should create favourable conditions for power projects and remove difficulties for them, the PM said. … [Read more...] about PM urges ministries to avoid power cuts
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EVN HANOI works to prevent power cuts during high school exams
HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội Electricity Corporation (EVN HANOI) has announced it will not cut or reduce the power supply in the city during the national high school examinations from June 22 to June 27. Hà Nội has not had any unfortunate power cuts during the exams in recent years, but they are common during the summer when demand spikes. The city will have the most test-takers of any locality nationwide, with nearly 75,000 candidates set to take the exams at 125 locations. Any disruption to the power supply during the testing period could have serious consequences. EVN HANOI has made plans to provide stable and continuous power supply at all testing locations and sites to support the exam. These include test scoring facilities, printing houses producing testing papers and temporary university admission offices set up at high schools and colleges. Workers for Ba Đình District Electricity Company check … [Read more...] about EVN HANOI works to prevent power cuts during high school exams
Vietnam must avoid power cuts next year: PM
The Prime Minister has communicated this to relevant agencies several times, Mai Tien Dung, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office, said at the government's regular press conference on Monday. The communiqués have instructed the agencies to ensure that there’s no electricity shortage for both industrial and domestic uses, emphasizing they would be held responsible for failures, Dung said. The PM has also tasked relevant agencies with definitively resolving the ongoing issue of coal shortage for thermal power plants, which Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has warned could lead to power cuts early next year. The national power utility said in a recent report to Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung that the country will need over 54 million tons of coal for electricity production next year, of which 43.4 million tons will come from domestic production and 10.68 million tons will be imported. But the country’s only two suppliers, Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries … [Read more...] about Vietnam must avoid power cuts next year: PM
Vietnam to experience power cuts early 2019
The national power utility said in a recent report to Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung that the country will need over 54 million tons of coal for electricity production next year, of which 43.4 million tons will come from domestic production and 10.68 million tons will be imported. But the country’s only two suppliers, Vietnam National Coal-Mineral industries Corporation (Vinacomin) and the North-Eastern Company (NECO) under the Ministry of Defense, will only be able to produce 37.21 million tons of coal next year, 6.19 million tons lower than estimated demand, EVN said. "The lack of coal will lead to a shutdown of thermal power plants, seriously affecting the national power grid and EVN might have to cut electricity in the first months of 2019," it added. EVN estimated that power generation will be reduced by 2,300 MW, which is the average electricity consumption of 13 central provinces. EVN said that Vinacomin and NECO had promised to provide enough coal for plants this … [Read more...] about Vietnam to experience power cuts early 2019
Power supply failure cut access to online newspapers
The failure of emergency power supply at VNG Corporation in HCM City-based Quang Trung Software City caused access errors to a number of online newspapers and news websites yesterday morning.— VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The failure of emergency power supply at VNG Corporation in HCM City-based Quang Trung Software City caused access errors to a number of online newspapers and news websites yesterday morning. Lâm Nguyễn Hải Phong, director of the Quang Trung Software City Development Company Ltd, said the problem affected some online newspapers and news websites that VNG provides services for, including Thanh Niên (Young People), Sài Gòn giải phóng (Liberated Saigon), Pháp luật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (HCM City Law) and Zing.vn. It did not affect other systems and enterprises in the city, he said. According to Long, the Quang Trung Software City had previously announced a temporary power cut … [Read more...] about Power supply failure cut access to online newspapers