With previous lessons, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien requested to calculate early and far in advance to reserve materials for the Lao Cai - Vinh Yen 500kV transmission line project.
On the afternoon of February 21, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a meeting on the progress of the implementation of the 500kV Lao Cai - Vinh Yen transmission line project.
Attending the meeting were representatives of the Office of the State Steering Committee for important national programs, works and projects, key energy sector; representatives of leaders of relevant units under the Ministry of Industry and Trade; Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and People's Committees of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc provinces...
Construction to start in February 2025
Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said that on November 30, 2024, the National Assembly passed the revised Electricity Law. Currently, the Government and ministries and branches have basically completed the Decrees and Circulars guiding the implementation of this law. In particular, the Government has recently directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to urgently preside over the adjustment of the Electricity Plan VIII, which is expected to be approved on February 28, 2025.
According to the revised Draft Power Plan VIII, it is expected that from now until 2030, Vietnam will need to reach a total system capacity of about 230,000 MW, three times the current total capacity, to achieve the set economic growth targets. Therefore, developing power sources to meet domestic demand and future electricity export targets requires investment in transmission systems, especially inter-regional transmission to release capacity, which is extremely urgent.
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| Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a meeting on the progress of the Lao Cai - Vinh Yen 500kV transmission line project. Photo: Can Dung |
The Minister emphasized that the 500kV Lao Cai - Vinh Yen transmission line project will be one of the key projects that both meets the demand for releasing the capacity of power projects in the Northwest region at present and in the future, and is ready to import electricity from China when Vietnam has a need. Therefore, the Prime Minister requested that in February 2025, the investor EVN must start the project. To ensure the completion of the project before August 30, 2025, the investor and relevant ministries, branches and localities must carry out activities resolutely. This is the fourth meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Trade related to this project and in the near future, the Ministry will organize meetings to actively and quickly deploy it, promoting the "lightning speed" spirit of the 500kV line 3, Quang Trach - Pho Noi; Resolve in more detail and specifically the tasks to be done and the difficulties from the Ministries, branches and localities, helping investors complete the set goals.
Reporting on the implementation of the 500kV Lao Cai - Vinh Yen transmission line project, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Electricity Group Dang Hoang An said that the project was assigned by EVN to the Power Project Management Board 1 (EVNPMB1) to manage the project, with a total investment of about 7,411 billion VND, the starting point is the 500kV Lao Cai transformer station, the end point is the 500kV Vinh Yen transformer station, with a length of about 229.5 km passing through 04 provinces and 12 districts (Lao Cai: 02 districts; Yen Bai: 02 districts; Phu Tho: 03 districts; Vinh Phuc: 05 districts), a total of 468 pole foundation locations (Lao Cai: 100 locations; Yen Bai: 173 locations; Phu Tho: 94 locations; Vinh Phuc: 101 locations), the total land area occupied by the pole foundation is 63.03 hectares, photo affecting 2,189 households, of which 248 households must be resettled. Currently, EVN has approved the overall contractor selection plan of the project and completed the preparation, review, approval and issuance of bidding documents for all PC packages (supply of steel poles and construction), supply of equipment and materials (conductors, optical cables, insulators, electrical accessories, etc.). Coordinate with 04 localities where the power line project passes through to actively implement compensation and site clearance work to promptly hand over pole foundation locations, line corridors, etc.
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| Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Electricity Group Dang Hoang An. Photo: Can Dung |
This is an important and urgent project with a very short implementation time under the direction of the Prime Minister. To ensure the successful completion of the project, it requires political determination, the support of authorities at all levels, and the support of the people. Accordingly, the investor EVN has made a number of recommendations and proposals to the ministries and branches to resolutely direct activities to support the investor during the project construction process. Localities should complete the approval of land prices early so that the investor can serve as a basis for compensation and site clearance; support people in resettlement, pay people and mobilize people to hand over the site.
At the meeting, localities reported on the results of cadastral mapping and marking of column bases and route corridors to serve project implementation.
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| Overview of the meeting. Photo: Can Dung |
Accordingly, the localities proposed that the consulting unit must focus on accelerating the cadastral survey work, carry out early adjustments to be implemented immediately. At the same time, the inter-route corridor boundaries of 4 communes in the province must be handed over soon to ensure the counting and progress. Regarding the corridor, Yen Bai province has not yet completed the implementation because it has not yet handed over the map, especially the compensation and site clearance work. Regarding the temporary forest use plan related to Tam Dao National Park, the Vice Chairman of Vinh Phuc Provincial People's Committee proposed a solution that before the Provincial People's Committee approves, it is necessary to seek the opinion of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
Regarding the resettlement of people, currently only 7 households can be resettled on the spot. The rest mainly need to be resettled in a centralized manner. Therefore, in the past, Vinh Phuc province has reviewed all the plans with infrastructure but basically it is very difficult.
Mobilize the entire political system into action
Concluding the meeting, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien emphasized that the Lao Cai - Vinh Yen 500kV Transmission Line Project is a key project in the electricity sector to relieve capacity for the Northwestern provinces, and at the same time to be ready to import electricity from China when necessary. This is also a project that the Government has identified as a key project and requires to be carried out in a very urgent time, a maximum of 6 months from the date of commencement.
The Minister pointed out that, through reports and feedback from localities, the Party committees and authorities of the provinces in this project have made great efforts to implement it. Therefore, the investment preparation work, compensation and site clearance work have been completed and there have been positive changes. However, through the feedback report, it is also seen that the work of approving the compensation and resettlement plan has been basically completed in Lao Cai province only, while the remaining provinces have achieved a very low rate, especially Phu Tho province.
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| Minister Nguyen Hong Dien delivered a concluding speech at the meeting on the progress of the Lao Cai - Vinh Yen 500kV transmission line project. Photo: Can Dung |
In addition, compensation payment has only been made in Lao Cai province at 98%, while the remaining provinces have not yet implemented it. Along the entire route, no column foundation positions have been handed over, which is the most important position for actual implementation.
“ All of the above will greatly affect the progress and quality of the project. Therefore, we must make great efforts to be able to follow the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, ” Minister Nguyen Hong Dien assessed.
In order to ensure the completion of the Project as required by the Prime Minister, in the coming time, it is recommended that the People's Committees of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc provinces and Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) resolutely implement the following key tasks:
Firstly, mobilize the entire political system to direct the implementation and organization of site clearance to support investors during the construction process; promote the spirit of Lao Cai and Vinh Phuc provinces. In addition, strengthen propaganda and mobilization so that people in the project area agree, support and create favorable conditions for site handover as well as construction and protection of the project when it comes into operation.
Second, urgently consider the parallel implementation of all related work to speed up the progress of preparing and approving compensation, support and resettlement plans, paying people and mobilizing people to hand over the site, striving to hand over the site of the foundation positions in February 2025. The proposed route corridor is to be handed over in March with a spirit of urgency, determination, seriousness and determination.
“ If there are any problems with the mechanism or the law, the Government and the National Assembly will consider them. All that can be done is for local Party committees and authorities, and you comrades to organize the implementation. EVN is requested to start construction in February. After the commencement date, it must be implemented simultaneously on all foundation pit locations and column foundation locations that have been handed over by the locality to complete as soon as possible before August 31, because this is a project to celebrate National Day on September 2 ,” the Minister emphasized.
Third, direct forest owners to urgently develop plans for exploitation and utilization of forest products to submit to competent authorities for approval in February 2025 and carry out related procedures for liquidation and auction of assets (if any) no later than March 15.
Fourthly, request the People's Committees of Yen Bai, Phu Tho, and Vinh Phuc provinces to direct the People's Committees of districts to issue documents approving the location of dumping sites before March 10, 2025 (Luc Yen district - Yen Bai; Doan Hung and Thanh Ba districts - Phu Tho; Tam Dao and Lap Thach districts - Vinh Phuc).
Minister Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed Vinh Phuc's completion of the change of forest use purpose yesterday (February 20) and suggested choosing this location to organize the groundbreaking ceremony.
For EVN, the Minister suggested: First, urgently and resolutely work with localities to complete documents and procedures related to compensation, site clearance, payment to people and continue to mobilize people to hand over the site.
Second , urgently complete the selection of contractors to start construction as soon as the site is available and conditions are met. The Minister suggested learning from the experience of the 500kV Quang Trach-Pho Noi transmission line project, when the selection of the main contractor was done very quickly, but the selection of subcontractors, especially the contractor supplying materials and equipment, was done very slowly or some contractors were selected with poor capacity. This project requires learning from experience and must be planned early, from afar, EVN is requested to propose early to reserve materials.
Third, coordinate with localities to do a good job of propaganda and mobilizing people to support compensation and site clearance work and construction work, as well as protect the works.
Fourth, prepare conditions, materials, equipment, means, human resources, and funds for site clearance. It is recommended to promote the spirit of the 500kV Quang Trach-Pho Noi line with the 4 on-site motto: "on-site command; on-site forces; on-site means and materials; on-site logistics" to best implement the project. At the same time, EVN is required to schedule the construction progress as a basis for implementation, as well as a basis for inspection, supervision, and construction supervision.
“ Regarding the recommendations and proposals of the localities today, EVN is requested to synthesize and compare with current legal regulations to see where the problems are so that we can propose to the Government and, if necessary, to the National Assembly to have policies and mechanisms for implementation. The spirit is to resolve the problems as they arise, ” Minister Nguyen Hong Dien stated clearly and noted that starting from today, there will be a meeting every 2 weeks, trying to reflect the problems in the progress of the 500kV Lao Cai - Vinh Yen project so that we can resolve them together.
| The 500kV Lao Cai - Vinh Yen Transmission Line Project is a very important project in transmitting electricity purchased from China, relieving the capacity of hydropower plants in the Northwest region and serving the increasing load in the following years, contributing to ensuring national energy security, especially in the context of the economy growing at double digits in the following years. This is a project that the Prime Minister requested to start construction in February 2025, and complete the project within 6 months from the commencement date. |
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