National Assembly Chairman Nguyễn Sinh Hùng on January 5 paid a Tết visit to workers at the construction site of the Sơn La hydro-power plant as part of his tour to the northwestern province of Sơn La.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (3rd from L) wishes workers at the construction site of the Sơn La hydro-power plant a happy new year
Chairman Hùng wished workers of the country’s largest hydropower plant a happy new year and congratulated them on turning on of the plant’s fourth turbine.
The NA Chairman praised the achievements made by the power plant workers, saying that the results showed their will, solidarity, resolve and creativeness in designing, implementing a key national project.
The Chairman highly valued efforts and coordination between the local authorities and the project management unit in resettling 22,000 households with 120,000-130,000 people.
He also hailed efforts by the plant’s leaders and workers to complete the project in 2012, three years ahead of schedule.
The Sơn La Hydroelectric Power Plant is the biggest of its kind in Southeast Asia with a planned capacity of 2,400 MW and six turbines. The plant is expected to provide 10.2 billion kWh a year for the national grid.
Its four turbines were hooked up to the national grid and the two remainders are expected to come into operation this year.
The project’s main functions include supplying electricity to ensure energy security for national industrialization and modernization, preventing floods for the lower basin, supplying water to the Red River delta in the dry season and contributing to promoting socio-economic development in the northwestern region./.
Source : VGP