Nam Sum - Nong Cong transmission line project ready for electricity imports

Nguyen Ngoc Tan, deputy general director of EVNNPT, and chairman of the Investor-level Acceptance Council hosted the meeting

On November 27, in the central province of Thanh Hoa, the Investor-level Acceptance Council - National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) held a council meeting on the progress of energising the 220kV Nam Sum - Nong Cong transmission line project in Vietnam.

To date, the entire foundation site has been handed over. The council members agreed that the project was eligible for energisation, but also pointed out some shortcomings that needed to be focused on overcoming before official energisation.

The council members said that the project was completed thanks to the close direction and management of the state steering committee for key energy projects, the leaders of EVN and EVNNPT. Along with that, there were great efforts from NPMB and the units participating in the project. At the meeting, the council members agreed that the project was eligible for energisation, but also pointed out some shortcomings that needed to be focused on overcoming before energisation.

220kV Nam Sum - Nong Cong transmission line project ready to facilitate electricity

The 220kV Nam Sum - Nong Cong transmission line project, invested by EVNNPT and managed by the Northern Power Project Management Board (NPMB), started construction in December 2021.

This is an urgent project aimed at importing electricity from Laos’ Nam Sum Hydropower Plant Complex to Vietnam and realising the commitment between the two countries’ Parties and governments to strengthen energy cooperation.

With a total length of nearly 130km, the project has a scale of two circuits, nearly 130km long with 299 pole positions, 99 anchorages, passing through Nghe An, and Thanh Hoa. Of which, the section through Nghe An is 77 km long, including 174 pole foundation positions. The entire route has 234 pole foundation positions affected by forests.

Nguyen Ngoc Tan, deputy general director of EVNNPT, and chairman of the Investor-level Acceptance Council said, “The completion of the project’s construction is the result of the close direction and management of the State Steering Committee for key energy projects, the leaders of EVN and EVNNPT in collaboration with the great effort of NPMB and the units participating in the project. In the upcoming time, it is intensifying coordination with localities to address existing shortcomings and obstacles to accelerate work on the project.”