The Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) is completing the final work to bring the national grid to Lai Son and Hon Nghe island communes of the southern province of Kien Giang. Lai Son island commune, belonging to Kien Hai district, has an area of over 1,095 hectares, and is home to some 2,000 households who live mainly on fisheries, plantation, breeding and services. At present, 90% of the households use power from diesel generators which causes difficulties in islanders’ production and lives. The project to bring the national grid to the island involves 43.9 kilometers of 110kV electricity line, including 19.4 kilometers on land and 24.5 kilometers crossing the sea; and a transformer station with two transformer machines. The project has also built and upgraded 13.5 kilometers of mid-voltage line and 11 kilometers of low-voltage line, constructed 13 transformer stations with a capacity of 2,080 kVA, and installed meters for nearly 2,000 households on the island. The … [Read more...] about Additional two island communes to gain access to national grid
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Kien Giang’s Khmer gain access to electricity
(VEN) - An additional 8,695 households including 8,499 Khmer families, will gain access to electricity from a power supply project including 202.1km of 22kV middle-voltage transmission lines, 265 transformation stations with a combined capacity of 6,530kVA, and 490.6km of low-voltage transmission lines. The project is part of EVN SPC's plan to develop power networks in 2012 in four provinces - Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and Kien Giang. Construction will cost almost VND200 billion, of which 85 percent will come from the State Budget and 15 percent from EVN SPC worth of its corresponding capital. It is expected that the project will be completed before Tet (Lunar New Year) in 2013 increasing the power-accessing household rate for Kien Giang Province from 95.47 percent to 97.68 percent, and that for Khmer households from 74.41 percent to 94.45 percent./. Bao Ngoc … [Read more...] about Kien Giang’s Khmer gain access to electricity
Data thieves gain access to 100,000 U.S. taxpayers’ information: IRS
United States Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen appears before a House Oversight and Government Reform Government Operations Subcommittee hearing on ''Examining Solutions to Close the $106 Billion Improper Payment Gap'' in Washington July 9, 2014. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. From February to May, attackers sought to gain access to personal tax information 200,000 times through the agency's "Get Transcript" online application, which calls up information from previous returns, he told a news conference. About half of those attempts were successful. The breach did not affect any IRS data outside the "Get Transcript" application, and the agency said it would strengthen its security measures. Koskinen said he could not comment on who the … [Read more...] about Data thieves gain access to 100,000 U.S. taxpayers’ information: IRS
1.7 million in rural communities to gain access to safe water
1.7 million people in 8 provinces in the Red River Delta will gain access to safe water and 650,000 people will receive improved sanitation after the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved November 1 a US$ 200 million IDA credit to fund the ongoing the government’s National Target Program (NTP) for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation. Access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services in rural areas of Vietnam is low, and water quality is a problem in the Red River Delta region. … [Read more...] about 1.7 million in rural communities to gain access to safe water
Rescuers drilling to gain access to 12 trapped Vietnamese workers
Rescuers are trying to pump water out of the collapsed tunnel of a hydropower plant in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong while drilling comtinues to gain access to the 12 workers who are still alive after being trapped there since Tuesday. It is expected that they will be taken out of the collapsed section tomorrow, December 19, said Le Quang Hung, Deputy Minister of Construction, who has been on the scene to coordinate rescue efforts. Deputy Minister Hung said priority has been given to drilling to pump water from the area where the workers are to keep them from getting cold before being rescued. Accordingly, holes have been created in three directions to create access to the closed-off section, which is located about 500 meters from the tunnel opening, Hung said. "Water is rising in the collapsed tunnel section, so we are trying to pump water out to ensure safety for the trapped workers while waiting to get them out." At 8 pm Wednesday, water had risen to 1.2 … [Read more...] about Rescuers drilling to gain access to 12 trapped Vietnamese workers