Inauguration of 500kV line 3 projects from Quang Trach (Quang Binh) to Pho Noi (Hung Yen)

The inauguration ceremony was held in person, combined with online with 9 connecting points. At the main connecting point Pho Noi (Hung Yen province), there were the participation of comrades: Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister; Do Van Chien - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and comrades leading the Party, State, departments, ministries and branches.

Nghe An province's bridge was held in Thuong Tan Loc commune, Nam Dan district with the participation of comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of Military Region 4; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Phan Dai Nghia - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command and leaders of departments, branches and localities. The investor representative was Mr. Nguyen Xuan Nam - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN).

Nghe An draws 3 lessons from experience

The 500kV line 3 circuit from Quang Trach (Quang Binh) to Pho Noi (Hung Yen) is about 519 km long, passing through 9 provinces, with a total investment of about 22 trillion VND, with 4 component projects, and will start construction in January 2024.

In Nghe An province, two component projects are being implemented, Quang Trach - Quynh Luu and Quynh Luu - Thanh Hoa, with a total length of nearly 100 km, 202 column foundation locations, passing through 6 districts and towns, including: Nam Dan, Yen Thanh, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu and Hoang Mai town.

The project, with a transmission capacity of up to 2,400 MW, is urgent in improving the transmission capacity of the national power system. At the same time, from this 500kV line, it is expected that in the period of 2025 - 2026, the 500kV Quynh Luu Transformer Station (the first 500kV transformer station in Nghe An province) will be put into operation, contributing to providing a large amount of capacity shortage for the load in Nghe An province, creating conditions for socio-economic development, stabilizing production, business and serving people's lives.

Therefore, under the direct and drastic direction of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Nghe An province recognizes that the implementation of the project is an extremely important political task, which has been given top priority in the recent past.

With the effective participation of the entire political system, Nghe An province completed the handover of 202/202 column foundation positions to the construction unit on March 10, 2024, only 52 days after the groundbreaking date; handed over all 87/87 anchorage spaces on June 18, 2024 after 5 months of groundbreaking, ensuring the project's wire pulling construction progress. The "4 on-site" work was carried out by Nghe An province throughout the project's construction process.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony from Nghe An province, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation affirmed that the 500kV line 3 projects were inaugurated after more than 6 months of construction. It can be said that this is a "miracle" of the Vietnam Electricity industry, contributing to meeting the increasing energy demand for production and people's daily life.

The images of cadres, engineers, workers and laborers at construction sites "braving the sun and rain", working "3 shifts, 4 shifts", "through the night, through the day off" in the past time have left good feelings and admiration in the people.

In particular, through the success of the project, from a local perspective, the Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee affirmed that valuable lessons have been drawn in leadership, direction, management, and implementation organization to apply to other large projects in the area.

First of all, it is necessary to clearly define responsibilities and have high political determination, great efforts, "only discuss doing, not retreat" in performing tasks.

When the project was implemented, which passed through the province with a length of nearly 100 km and 202 column foundation locations, the province was also under a lot of pressure due to the urgent requirements for progress; the project implementation area was large, spanning 6 districts, many locations had complex and rugged terrain; it was necessary to reclaim and convert large areas of forests and land of all kinds, many households were affected, many constructions and architectural works had to be dismantled and relocated.

“Following the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, the province identified the project implementation as one of the key, important political tasks with top priority; immediately directing the political system to get involved, focus on overcoming difficulties, and strive to carry out the task with the determination to complete it as soon as possible,” affirmed the Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee.

The second lesson learned is to implement the task urgently, resolutely, flexibly, and “solve where there is difficulty”. The province has organized many working groups to inspect and work to speed up the project progress. When problems and situations arise, provincial leaders are present at the scene to focus on handling them; when receiving information reflecting problems, the province inspects and directs the handling immediately without waiting for a written report.

To resolve the problem of forest areas affected by the project that could affect the progress, the province has proactively directed the implementation of forest use purpose conversion in batches, with eligible areas being implemented first and unqualified areas being implemented later, with the land being handed over as the project progresses. Thanks to this, the entire affected forest area has been converted in a timely manner, in accordance with regulations, to serve the project site...

The third lesson is to clearly assign tasks to people, jobs, responsibilities, time, and products, combined with regular inspection, monitoring, and evaluation; and promote the strength of the entire people in project implementation.

Nghe An province has proactively established a Steering Committee on compensation, support and resettlement to implement the project; assigned a permanent project unit, maintained a daily and weekly information mechanism. Strengthened propaganda and mobilization work to gain people's consensus and support for project implementation; strengthened security and order in the areas where the project was implemented. Closely and smoothly coordinated between agencies, units, departments, especially investors and contractors to carry out tasks.

Over 70% of construction machines of all kinds have been mobilized; 90% of unskilled laborers; 100% of local construction materials have been mobilized to participate in the project; nearly 5,000 people, military officers, soldiers, union members and youths have been mobilized to contribute tens of thousands of working days to support site clearance, relocation of architectural objects, transportation of materials, pulling wires... contributing to the success of the project.

“In the coming time, Nghe An province will continue to closely coordinate with the Electricity sector to complete the remaining work of the project, stabilize people's lives and production, protect the safety of the project, develop power sources and power grids according to the plan to promote the effectiveness of the project in the province”, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee affirmed.

Safe operation of 500 kV line 3 circuit,
most effective

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony from the main Pho Noi bridge (Hung Yen), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reviewed the rapid implementation process, completing the entire Project in more than 6 months, meeting all requirements, especially investment preparation and capital; site clearance; ensuring input of supplies, materials, equipment; organization of implementation and construction...

To achieve that result, the Prime Minister commended the determination, drastic and effective participation of ministries, branches, forces, socio-political organizations; project management boards, consulting contractors, construction contractors, material and equipment suppliers; provinces, especially the people and political systems of localities where the project passes through; cadres, engineers, workers, laborers at the construction site and related entities...

The Head of Government pointed out 4 lessons learned through the implementation of 500kV line 3 projects in the management and organization of large projects that can be applied to subsequent projects.

After the inauguration ceremony, the Prime Minister requested Vietnam Electricity Group and the National Power Transmission Corporation to coordinate with agencies and localities to do a good job of environmental restoration and sanitation; organize the safe and most effective operation of the 500 kV line 3 and the entire national power system; at the same time, continue to invest in developing power sources and grid systems, ensuring adequate and stable supply of electricity for socio-economic development; actively participate in ensuring social security and stabilizing people's lives; continue to settle accounts and audit to ensure publicity and transparency, and prevent negativity, waste and corruption.

The Prime Minister requested the authorities at all levels of the 9 provinces where the project passes through to coordinate with the investor to continue to pay attention and care to stabilize, constantly improve, and enhance the material and spiritual life of the affected people in the area where the project passes through in accordance with the spirit that the new place of residence, workplace, and business must be at least equal to and basically better than the old place of residence.

“In the immediate future, we need to take care of long-term and sustainable livelihoods for the people, change to suitable jobs; resolutely not let people lack housing, food, clothing, production land, or places to do business; gradually better meet their material, spiritual, security, and cultural needs; care for education and intellectual training for the young generation, to move towards integration and enrichment,” the Prime Minister emphasized.

Immediately afterwards, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of ministries, branches and localities at 9 bridge points simultaneously performed the inauguration ceremony of the 500kV line 3 Quang Trach-Pho Noi project and performed the ceremony of attaching the project sign at the main bridge point.