Big thermal power plant to be built in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
The General Electric Corporation 3 under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group plans to invest in building Long Son thermal power plant with a total capital of 4.39 billion USD in southern Ba Ria–Vung Tau province.
Phu My thermal power plant in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. (Photo: netlaw.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - TheGeneral Electric Corporation 3 under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Groupplans to invest in building Long Son thermal power plant with a total capitalof 4.39 billion USD in southern Ba Ria–Vung Tau province.
The plant is designed to reduce the power shortage and improve thepower supply in the southern region in the period between 2020 and 2030, andthe following years.
The plant is planned to be built in Long Son commune, Vung Tau citywith an area of 132ha and a capacity of 3,600MW.
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Long Son thermal power plant is expected to provide 21 billion kWhof electricity per year to the national power grid and contribute about 4.1trillion VND (181 million USD) per year to the national budget whenoperational. — VNA
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Phu My thermal power plant in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. (Photo: netlaw.vn) 
