Mong Duong II receives Golden Hardhat Award

Vice president of The AES Corporation hands over the Golden Hardhat Award to the Leadership Team of Mong Duong 2
BOT Power Project

The Golden Hardhat Award is a prestigious annual award established in 2009 by AES Corporation to recognise a single AES operating business or construction project that exemplifies what it means to put safety first, made significant improvements in comparison with previous performance, developed new safety techniques and best practices and improved safety performance significantly through execution of proactive or new safety practices. 

Nearly 7,000 workers of Mong Duong 2 gather for the Golden Hardhat Award Ceremony

Joining the ceremony was Pham Minh Chinh, Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee Secretary, Do Thong, Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, Andrew Vesey, chief operating officer and executive vice president of AES Corporation, together with other high level representatives from POSCO Energy and China Investment Corporation.

The $2 billion Mong Duong 2 BOT Power Project, with two units and the total gross capacity of 1,240MW is currently under construction in Mong Duong Ward, Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh province. The project owner is AES-VCM Mong Duong Power Company Limited with three shareholders from the subsidiaries of AES Corporation (51 per cent), POSCO Energy from Korea (30 per cent) and China Investment Corporation from China (19 per cent).

After completion of construction in the second half of 2015, the Mong Duong 2 BOT Power Project will be the first and largest BOT coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. It is forecasted to produce over 7.6 billion kWh of electricity annually.