Three major economic groups "join hands" for strategic cooperation
Three major state-owned economic groups operating in the energy sector, namely the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (TKV), have "joined hands" in strategic cooperation.
Leaders of three economic groups signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
(Source: PVN)
The strategic cooperation agreement between the three corporations was signed by PVN General Director Do Van Hau, EVN General Director Pham Le Thanh and TKV General Director Le Minh Chuan on the afternoon of February 26 in Hanoi.
According to the signed agreement, the three groups will cooperate strategically in the following areas: Industry development planning; implementation of investment projects to develop power sources; investment in coal mining and transportation domestically and abroad; operation of power plants; cooperation in using services and cooperation in communications.
According to the Chairman of the Vietnam Energy Association, Mr. Tran Viet Ngai, the cooperation between the three energy groups in recent times has contributed to ensuring national energy security. However, the cooperation has not really brought about efficiency because up to now, Vietnam still does not have a master plan for the energy sector but only has separate plans for the coal, electricity, and oil and gas sectors.
Meanwhile, the electricity planning was built before the coal planning and the oil and gas planning, while the opposite should have been done. Such planning has created difficulties in implementing projects in the National Electricity Development Plan.
Therefore, the signing of this strategic cooperation agreement between the three corporations will create conditions for the parties to strengthen cooperation and coordinate to resolve existing problems to develop together for the common benefit of the country.
At the signing ceremony, PVN Chairman Phung Dinh Thuc requested EVN to strengthen cooperation in operating and mobilizing the maximum capacity of PVN's gas-fired power plants to ensure the plants' operations during the rainy season; promote negotiations and early signing of power purchase contracts with PVN's operating power plants such as Nhon Trach 1 & 2, plants preparing to operate such as Vung Ang coal-fired thermal power plant, Dakring hydropower plant, Phu Quy wind power plant at reasonable prices; settle the unsold gas output of Nam Con Son that PVN supplies to EVN's power plants; speed up the construction of the 220 kV Duyen Ha-Doc Soi line to connect Dakring hydropower plant to the national grid; and promptly resolve the electricity debt according to the Government's direction.
Mr. Thuc also recommended that TKV leaders speed up the negotiation of coal supply contracts, especially the stable supply of coal for the Thai Binh 2 thermal power project invested by PVN with the quality of fine coal 5 equivalent to the quality of coal supplied to Vung Ang thermal power./.
According to (TTXVN) - LT
