The figure represented a 2.9-fold increase from 2008-2010 and 1.5-2 times higher than its set targets.
The investment has allowed EVNNPT ensure a sufficient power supply to economic hubs in northern and southern Vietnam.
Over the past five years, the corporation put 242 transmission
projects into operation with more than 8,500 kilometres of power lines
and substation transformers with a total power rating of 39,349 MVA.
It has developed reliable networks of 500-kilovolt
power lines in a number of locations, such as the system running from
Son La through Hoa Binh, Nho Quan, Thuong Tin and Quang Ninh in the
north and the system connecting Phu Lam, Cau Bong, Tan Dinh and Song
May, Phu My and Nha Be in the south.
In
addition, 220-kilovolt transmission stations in Van Tri and Thanh Cong
together with 220-kilovolt power lines connecting Van Tri–Soc Son, Van
Tri–Chem and Ha Dong–Thanh Cong commenced operations to supply
electricity for Hanoi.
The company also
constructed and renovated several other 220-kilovolt transmission
stations across the country to prevent electrical overloads./.
