The Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant, an urgent project helping to ease the electricity shortage in the southern region, was officially inaugurated in the south central province of Binh Thuan last week.
The Vinh Tan international seaport in the south central province of Binh Thuan received the cargo vessel Spring Hummer of Belize, which was the first foreign ship to dock at the port, on Wednesday.
Vĩnh Tân 2 solar power plant, worth VNĐ986 billion (US$42.3 million), began commercial operation in the south central province of Bình Thuận on Saturday.
The Vinh Tan international seaport, worth more than VND2.3 trillion (US$98.7 million), opened its doors on Saturday in the southern province of Binh Thuan.
The US$1.75-billion Vinh Tan 1 thermal power project will begin operations ahead of its schedule owing to concerns about the risk of power shortage in the southern provinces in future.
Four commercial banks inked a deal here on Thursday to provide VND5.4 trillion (US$23.75 million) in credit for the expanded Vinh Tan 4 thermoelectric project.
Toshiba Corporation has received an order to supply steam turbines and
generators (STGs) for the extension of the Vinh Tan 4 coal-fired thermal
power plant owned by Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).
Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam shipped 354 tonnes of high-tech boiler
components to the Vinh Tan 4 Thermal Power plant, marking the first
shipment in the Year of the Monkey.
Le Tien Phuong, chairman of Binh Thuan Province''s People''s Committee,
instructed Tuy Phong District authorities to research the possibility of
relocating households harmed by pollution from a nearby thermal plant.
Investors and builders of the US$2 billion Vinh Tan 1 Thermal Plant
signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in
the central province of Binh Thuan on March 25
Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) and its foreign partners signed a US$1.36
billion contract to build Vinh Tan thermal power plant 4, the main
facility of the country''s largest coal-fired power centre.