The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) is responsible for developing the national power system.
Speaking at a ceremony to announce the appointment of the Chairman of
the EVN Member Council on March 31 in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister
Hoang Trung Hai urged the group to seek alternative energy sources for
the long-term to ensure an adequate, stable and continuous supply of
electricity for the national economy and the sustainable development of
the sector.
He also requested the EVN build on
its positive momentum and improve its transparency, competitiveness and
effectiveness.
Deputy PM Hai congratulated new
EVN Chairman Duong Quang Thanh, expressing his belief that Thanh and
the group’s steering committee work together to reap achievements.
Thanh said the Member Council will focus on the efficient operation
of existing systems and mobilising resources to accelerate construction
initiatives, thus ensuring a stable electricity supply for the economy
and the society.
According to the new Chairman,
the EVN will accelerate the implementation of a project enhancing its
business production productivity as well as its restructuring roadmap as
approved by the Prime Minister.
Other
priorities will also be given to enhancing publicity campaigns and
technological application in business and services to facilitate service
access and environment, Thanh added.
The new
Chairman also rolled out three strategic approaches to promote the
council’s operations and performance, including improving human resource
quality; increasing management in tandem with enhancing staff autonomy;
and strengthening science and technological application in production
and management.
The State-run EVN specialises in
producing, transmitting and trading electricity. It also manages the
national grid, power imports and exports, and electric operations.
Last year, the EVN expanded its power network to 99.59 percent of all
communes nationwide, bringing electricity to 98.22 percent of rural
households, surpassing the goal set by the 11th National Party Congress
for 2015 by 0.22 percentage points.
The Prime
Minister has approved a plan to raise Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN’s)
charter capital to 160 trillion VND (7.62 billion USD) by the end of
2015.
According to the Ministry of Industry and
Trade’s latest report, EVN’s total profit in 2013, including affiliates
and subsidiaries, reached more than 4.938 trillion VND (230.8 million
USD). It was estimated that EVN alone generated almost 300 billion VND
(14 million USD) in 2014.-VNA