hydropower plants

Water shortages shrinking hydropower plants’ operations

June 14, 2023 | 10:06

The drying out of rivers around Vietnam has forced 11 hydropower plants to cease electricity generation, straining the country’s power grid as it already buckles under the scorching hot summer.

11 hydropower plants cease production

June 09, 2023 | 11:50

Water flows have dropped to the point that 11 hydropower plants have to stop generating to ensure safety, causing a shortage of about 5,000MW in the north.

New power generation sources proves scant

January 17, 2023 | 11:25

Diversifying power sources to feed the national grid has become imperative as the majority of power comes from hydropower plants, which are at the mercy of climate conditions.

EVN proposes development of renewable power in northern region

April 01, 2022 | 16:12

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has proposed to the Government and relevant ministries and sectors a number of measures to ensure power supply, especially in the northern region, including the issuance of mechanisms to develop renewable energy in the region.

Bodies of seven landslide victims found

October 16, 2020 | 11:15

As of 3pm on October 15, rescuers had found bodies of seven victims at the site of the Song Bo forest rangers’ office in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, where 13 members of a working team went missing after the building was buried in landslides.

Heavy rains cause 5 deaths in Dak Nong province

August 12, 2019 | 15:15

Heavy and prolonged rains have claimed five lives and caused economic losses totaling 135 billion VND (over 5.8 million USD) in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, according to the provincial Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue.