Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to focus all resources to supply higher quality and more reliable power for socio-economic activities and people’s daily use.
Hanoi (VNA) – PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to focus allresources to supply higher quality and more reliable power for socio-economicactivities and people’s daily use.
As the major State-run firm in thepower sector, the EVN was asked to improve its restructuring efforts, thusenhancing its effectiveness and competiveness.
The PM requested the firm renovateand re-arrange the power generation, distribution, retail and operation systemsas well as the electricity market to ensure the introduction and effectivefunctioning of the power wholesale market.
The PM also directed the EVN toown only six power plants with important socio-economic, security and defencesignificance and other plants with close links to these major plants.
The firm was also asked to makepublic its cost and power price, while being more determined in fighting corruption,improving service, strengthening administrative reform and improving onlinepayment services.
The Government leader also urgedthe EVN to continue reducing the time it takes for businesse to access power,making Vietnam among the four ASEAN countries with shortest time for poweraccess.
The firm was also reminded to paymore attention to the application of environmental protection during theconstruction of power projects, especially coal-using thermal power plants,while working to minimise environmental pollution during the operation of powerplants.-VNA
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