(HBO) – Entering 2017, the Hoa Binh Hydropower Company has encountered a lot of difficulties and challenges, including unfavourable hydrological situation in the early months. The water levels at reservoirs in the Da River in service of the Hoa Binh hydropower plant were over 2m lower than the same period last year.
Director Nguyen Van Minh
(last from right) and a working delegation led by Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong and Director General of the Electricity of
Vietnam Dang Hoang An inspect flood discharge at Hoa Binh hydropower plant.
Engineers and workers at a project upgrading the
control system of H7&H8 turbines
Hoa Binh hydropower plant is the pride of the
"shinny river”
The water flowing into the Da river basin is
lower than the average recorded in many previous years, considerably affecting
the power generation of the plant. Apart from generating electricity and
regulating water to prevent droughts and floods, the company is responsible for
repairing equipment and investing in construction. It is implementing a project
to upgrade the control, protection, and measurement system for four turbines.
With the efforts of the whole staff, the company
has completed a large amount of work.
As of August 2017, the company generated 6.98
billion kWh of electricity, fulfilling 70 percent of the yearly target. It also
upgraded the control system for turbines No 7 and No 8 and put them into
operation as scheduled. In January and February, the company increased power
generation for eight turbines and discharged a total of 3.12 billion cubic
meters of water to irrigate the winter-spring crop in the northern delta
region.
To gear up for flood prevention, the company
collected data for analysis and evaluation of the dams’ safety as well as
mapped out plans to prevent natural disasters.
The hydrological situation was quite complicated
in the flood season. Floods came earlier than the same period of previous years
and prolonged from early July to the end of August. The company discharged over
6.5 billion cubic meters of water. The flood discharge was implemented
according to legal regulations.
Besides serving production, the company also deployed
a number of measures to implement a project improving the efficiency of
business production and labour productivity, along with a programme on thrift
practices and wastefulness prevention according to a plan of the Electricity of
Vietnam. Positive outcomes have been achieved.
In the remaining months of this year, the
company will seek to preserve water and ensure sufficient electricity
generation as it was tasked while continuously upgrading the control system of
two turbines.
The company is confident to overcome difficulties
and challenges to fulfill the set targets in 2017.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
