The deadline is to connect the first unit with the national grid on August 19, while the second turbine must be hooked up in October.

Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant in Phu Tho province (former Hoa Binh province)

Hundreds of engineers, and workers from joint contractors Truong Son Construction Corporation, Lilama 10 JSC, and Construction JSC 47 are working three shifts a day, utilising every hour to keep up with the schedule.

Key items such as dismantling the embankment, installing the rotor for the first turbine, and a drainage tunnel have been completed.

Photo: Hong Sang

Items under construction include the discharge channel and downstream embankment, and concrete reinforcement for the discharge channel. Electrical equipment also needs to be installed.

The rotor of for first turbine, weighing 585 tonnes, was installed on July 6. Photo: Hong Sang

In the hydraulic generator system and complete excitation equipment, the rotor and stator assembly of the first turbine is completed.

The rotor wheel of the second turbine ready for installation. Photo: Thanh Tuan

A road is under construction. Photo: Thanh Tuan

Many items and equipment need to be constructed and installed to match the project's deadline in August. Photo: Thanh Tuan

The discharge channel area is being expanded to meet the flow rate when the plant is operating. Photo: Thanh Tuan

Constructors are speeding up progress. Photo: Hong Sang

The objectives of the projects are to increase the peak capacity of the national power system, maximise the annual excess water discharge during the rainy season to generate electricity, and improve the frequency control and frequency stabilisation capabilities of the national power system, contributing to reducing operating costs.

The project will also help reduce the workload on existing generators, thereby extending the life of equipment, saving maintenance and repair costs.

Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) is the investor of the expanded Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, while the representative of the investor is EVN Power Project Management Board No.1.