by Trinh Anh Duc
23-12-2002
Work on construction of the Tuyen Quang hydro-electric power plant started in the northern province of the same name on December 22. 2002. The 342 kilowatt power plant would be built by the Song Da Construction Corporation at a cost of VND 7,522 billion (roughly US $500 million). As planned, the first turbine group would generate electricity in 2006.
Once construction would completed in 2007, the plant would supply the national grid with almost 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year. With a 1.7 billion cubic metres reservoir, the plant would aid flood control in the Red River delta, Hanoi and Tuyen Quang township.
Addressing the ground-breaking ceremony, permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung highlighted the significance of the Tuyen Quang hydro-electric power plant in the country's economic development and poverty reduction in the province. He asked Tuyen Quang, Bac Kan and Ha Giang provinces, relevant agencies and units to pay particular attention to helping the local people resettle in new places and stabilise their lives and production.