The US company WorleyParsons will provide the consultancy for

Hanoi (VNA) – The US company WorleyParsons will provide the consultancy for
the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the thermo-electric power
plant Vung Ang 1, in the central province of Ha Tinh .

The contract for the EPC consultancy service, worth over 25.4 million USD, was
signed by the US company and the LILAMA Corporation in Hanoi on July 23.

The 1,200 MW power plant, one of the country’s 16 key projects, will be built in
the Vung Ang Economic Zone in the Ky Anh district of Ha Tinh province with a total
investment of 1.17 billion USD.

The coal-fuelled plant is expected to put its first turbine into operation in August
2012 and the second at the beginning of 2013, adding nearly 8 billion kWh a year to
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