[enviro-vlc] HANOI UPGRADES POWER GRIDS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS

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Subject: [vnnews-l] HI: HANOI UPGRADES POWER GRIDS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:32:20 -0800 (PST)
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Asia Pulse

December 12, 2008 Friday 1:54 PM EST

HANOI UPGRADES POWER GRIDS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS

SECTION: NATIONWIDE INTERNATIONAL NEWS

LENGTH: 67 words

DATELINE: HANOI Dec 12

The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi plans to invest more than 75 billion
VND ($4US.5 million) in upgrading the electricity supply networks in 13
mountainous communes between now and 2012.

This investment was approved by the municipal Peoples Council on December
11.

The city will also implement a World Bank-funded rural energy project with
a total investment of 348 billion VND across 78 communes.

(VNA)