Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung speaks at the conference on January 4 to set tasks for EVN this year (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)group will strive to raise the country’s ranking in electricity access index toat least the 60th position among 190 countries and economies in 2018.
This is one of the goals set by the group at aconference to set tasks for this year in Hanoi on January 4.
In the World Bank’s Doing Business 2017,Vietnam’s Getting Electricity Index climbed 32 places from 2016 to the 64thamong 190 countries and economies. It surpassed the 70th position targeted bythe Government.
EVN Deputy General Director Vo Quang Lam saidbasing on projections of power supply and demand in 2018, the group believesthat the electricity system will be able to ensure sufficient supply for theeconomy and daily activities if there are no abnormal situations.
The group aims to produce and buy 210.49 billionkWh of electricity this year, up 9.38 percent from 2017, while working toreduce the rate of power loss by 0.27 percent to 7.2 percent. It also plans toraise labour productivity by 8 – 10 percent from last year.
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He said to that end, EVN has asked itssubsidiaries to boost the stability and capacity of power generation,especially that of thermal power plants in the Vinh Tan and Duyen Haielectricity centres, and ensure fuel for electricity production. Meanwhile,hydropower companies need to work with localities where they are based for theeffective use of water resources and ensure their reservoirs operate in linewith regulations.
The group will continue carrying out solutionsto further facilitate electricity access, implement the “single-window”mechanism between EVN units and state managerial agencies, and improve itsstaff’s capacity.
At the conference, Deputy Prime Minister TrinhDinh Dung said EVN is the country’s key energy group and needs to continueproving itself as a pillar in power provision.
It needs to restructure power generation sourcesand replace polluting sources with clean ones. The firm should also acceleratekey investment projects to meet electricity demand in the coming years whilesaving natural resources and protecting the environment, he added.-VNA
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