Vietnam

The Fixed Series Compensation system delivers higher efficiency by increasing the capacity of the existing power line infrastructure.

The government of Vietnam asked the local authorities to create favourable conditions for the Pleiku to Cau Bong  transmission line project’s investors.

The third turbine of Son La hydropower plant with designed capacity of 400 MW had been put into idle operation successfully.

The energy saving results of Vietnam's power corporations in the first six months of 2011 reached 667.38 million kWh, 1.3% of commercial electricity.

Petrovietnam has secured a $95 million loan to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in central Vietnam.

KST Energy and Russia’s Energoproekt Company signed a contract to perform a feasibility study for building a thermal power plant near the proposed refinery project at the Nhon Hoi Economic Zone, Binh Dinh Province.

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi appealed for a review of the ongoing dam projects in Kachin State.

The Bank Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao will now accept electric bill payments for Elecitricite du Lao.

National Consulting Group will establish a power company in Vientiane and an office branch in Saravan province to operate the Houay Por hydropower plant construction project.

Saravan provincial authorities will cancel four of nine planned small-scale hydropower plant projects due to lack of progress for almost 18 months after investors signed an MoU with the government.

Vietnam is now forecasting a 7.5% to 8% annual economic growth over the next five years.

Vietnam Electricity awarded the Chengda-Dec-Swepdi-Zepc consortium an engineering, procurement and construction contract to build the 1,245MW Duyen Hai 3 thermal power plant in Tra Vinh province, Vietnam.

Saigon Asset Management Corp. plans to raise $300 million for an energy fund that would be the country’s largest.

Vietnam persists in supporting efforts against proliferation of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction towards full disarmament, said Ambassador Le Hoai Trung. Ambassador Trung, Head of the Delegation of Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to the UN, was speaking at the July 27-28 UN General Assembly plenary meeting on revitalising the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in New York. As an active member of the UN, Vietnam has participated in and seriously fulfilled its obligations to significant international treaties on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, the ambassador said. In Southeast Asia, Vietnam is closely cooperating with ASEAN countries and other partners in implementing Treaty on Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, contributing to maintaining regional peace and security. The diplomat praised CD’s previous contributions and recognised recent progress in disarmament, naming the effectiveness of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between Russia and the US in February this year and the success of the conference reviewing the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapon in May 2010. Ambassador Trung called on CD members to early approve a working programme and set up a negotiating mechanism for four major pillars of the agenda: nuclear disarmament, ensuring nuclear security for nations without nuclear weapons, cutting down the production of nuclear fission substance and preventing an arm race in the universe with priority giving to nuclear disarmament. The strengthening of peace and international security will create an essential environment for disarmament to progress, Trung said.

Vietnam's electricity sector will increase the capacity of power supply in the north, central and southern regions to meet domestic consumer demands.

Turbine Unit No. 2 of the Dong Nai Hydropower Plant 3 with a capacity of 90MW has officially linked up with Vietnam's national grid.