Mr. Pham Minh Chinh gives the order to build Mong Duong 2 thermo-power plant

Pham Minh Chinh, Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee Secretary, and Nguyen Van Doc, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, have officially given the order to build Mong Duong 2 thermo-power plant, the largest in Vietnam.

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The plan is to be carried out under the BOT (build-operate-transfer) investment form with 100 per cent foreign investment capital of US$ 2 billion. The plant is expected to generate electricity by mid-2015 and will be transferred to the Vietnamese Government after 25 years of operation.

The Mong Duong 2, to meet all environmental requirements of the World Bank and Vietnam, will have two turbines, with capacity of 560MW each, to generate 7.6 billion kWh per year.

The project will employ around 5,000 construction workers at peak periods, and 200 technicians and engineers, mostly Vietnamese, when put into service.

The AES-TKV Mong Duong Co. Ltd. (BOT Co.), the plant’s project holder, is a company from affiliates of the American AES Corporation, and the plant’s EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) main contractor is Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam Co. Ltd and its members.

Paul Hanrahan, Chairman and CEO of the AES Corporation, affirmed that the plant will make contributions to Vietnam’s economic development.

Source: HNM

Translated by Van Hieu

(Theo website Phạm Minh Chính)

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VietNam Fatherland Front debates East Sea issuesietNam

The Chinese surveillance vessel no 84 violates Vietnam’s sovereignty

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on June 7 held a discussion on issues relating to East Sea happenings during the last few days.

At the event, participants exchanged views over the wrongdoings of the Chinese marine surveillance vessels in cutting the exploration cables of a PetroVietnam ship, which was conducting seismic surveys within Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone.

They agreed that China needed to strictly abide by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) as well as recent commitments that China had made.

Delegates said the skirmishes on the East Sea cannot be resolved in a short time and required the concerned sides to patiently settle the incidents through dialogue and peaceful solutions, on the basis of mutual interests and international law.

They added that the VFF and its member organisations should fulfil their information dissemination tasks to people from all walks of life to help them obtain a sound overview on the East Sea issue and the foreign policies of the Party and Government.

(Theo www.phamminhchinh.com)

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