(HBO) - The Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant's output reached the benchmark of 250 billion kWh of production electricity at 14:05pm on May 25, making an important contribution to ensuring the country's energy security, said Pham Van Vuong, Deputy Director of the Hoa Binh Hydropower Company - the plant's operator.
The Hoa Binh
Hydropower Plant.
The plant has eight
turbines with total capacity of 1,920 MW. In recent years, the Hoa Binh
Hydropower Company has contributed from 1 – 1.4 trillion VND (43.3-60 million
USD). It also paid 300-450 billion VND (13-19.5 million USD) in resource taxes
to neighbouring Son La province andover 200 billion VND (8,6 million USD)
in forest environment service fees to six provinces in the upstream Da river
basin per year.
The Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant
is now being expanded under a project worth 9.22 trillion VND (399 million
USD). Once completed, the plant will have two more turbines, each with capacity
of 240 MW. The average annual power generation output is estimated at about
488.3 million kWh. As scheduled, the first turbine will generate electricity in
the third quarter of 2024, and the second one in the fourth quarter of that
year./.
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.
