At the meeting between President of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Xaysomphone Phomvihane and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh (Source: http://www.baohoabinh.com.vn) Hoa Binh (VNA) – President of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Xaysomphone Phomvihane visited the northern province of Hoa Binh on April 13. Welcoming the Lao guest, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh highlighted the faithful and close relations between the two countries as well as between the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Lao counterpart. Phomvihane congratulated Hoa Binh on its achievements in socio-economic development, especially poverty reduction and improvement of local living standards in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas. He recalled the support of people in Hoa Binh province for Laos’ revolutionaries during the resistant wars against the colonialism and imperialism in the past. Hoa Binh … [Read more...] about President of Lao Front for National Construction visits Hoa Binh
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Expansion of Hoa Binh hydropower plant approved
The expansion also aims to enhance the frequency modulation and stabilization capabilities of the national power system, whilst contributing to reducing the costs of the power system, mitigating the operational intensity of the existing turbines, thereby extending the life span of the equipment and saving maintenance and repair costs. The extension project has a preliminary investment capital of approximately VND8.6 trillion (US$378.4 million), which will be used to construct two additional turbines with a combined installed capacity of 480MW and an average annual electricity output of 479 million kWh (flood season), thus increasing the existing Hoa Binh hydropower plant’s power mobilisation capability in peak hours of the dry season to about 264.4 million kWh per year. The two new turbines of the Hoa Binh hydropower plant are scheduled to be put into operation in 2022 and 2023. … [Read more...] about Expansion of Hoa Binh hydropower plant approved
Hoa Binh hydropower plant expansion approved
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved a proposal on investment in expanding the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant. Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant - Source: VNA The investment aims to raise the national power network’s peak power and maximise utilization of water discharged from the plant in the flood season for generating power. Theo VNA … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh hydropower plant expansion approved
Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs
Sappers in Quang Ninh transport the 1.45m-long bomb to a safe place for detonation (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Military forces in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hoa Binh safely defused several war-left bombs on April 6. In Quang Ninh, a man found a 250-kg bomb in Ha Long city’s Hong Ha ward at 7:30 am on April 6. He alerted the authorities and the local sappers transported the 1.45m-long bomb to a safe place for detonation within the morning. In Hoa Binh, two bombs believed to date back to the anti-French resistance war were found at a pond in Hop Thinh commune, Ky Son district on April 5 when farmers dredged the pond for raising fish. Weighing about 60 kg, each bomb is 80 cm long and 30 cm in diameter. The site was blockaded until the bombs were moved to a safe place for detonation the next morning. Post-war bombs and mines have remained a daily threat to people and a headache for the Vietnamese Government. It is estimated that more than … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs
Rice relief for Dien Bien, Hoa Binh
09:47 | 05/04/2018 VGP – The PM has assigned the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to supply rice from the national reserves for two northern provinces of Dien Bien and Hoa Binh in the crop-between period. Specifically, the MoF will provide 1,301,085 kg of rice for these two provinces, including 1,172,595 kg for Dien Bien Province and 128,490 kg of rice for Hoa Binh Province. … [Read more...] about Rice relief for Dien Bien, Hoa Binh