VNA (Hanoi)
SOC TRANG, Jun 26, 2008 (AsiaPulse) -- The Vietnam Electricity Corporation (EVN) plans to spend more than 490 billion VND (US$29.64 million) from now until 2011 to bring electricity to over 40,000 Khmer ethnic households in the Mekong delta provinces of Soc Trang and Tra Vinh.
The project, approved by the Prime Minister, aims to reduce poverty and improve the living conditions for the Khmer community in the two provinces who account for more than half of the total Khmer population nationwide.
At present, only 87 per cent of Khmer ethnic households in the two provinces are connected to the national power grid, but the rate will be raised to 93.5 per cent when the project completes by 2011.
SOC TRANG, Jun 26, 2008 (AsiaPulse) -- The Vietnam Electricity Corporation (EVN) plans to spend more than 490 billion VND (US$29.64 million) from now until 2011 to bring electricity to over 40,000 Khmer ethnic households in the Mekong delta provinces of Soc Trang and Tra Vinh.
The project, approved by the Prime Minister, aims to reduce poverty and improve the living conditions for the Khmer community in the two provinces who account for more than half of the total Khmer population nationwide.
At present, only 87 per cent of Khmer ethnic households in the two provinces are connected to the national power grid, but the rate will be raised to 93.5 per cent when the project completes by 2011.
