The Lai Chau hydropower project with the total investment of VND 35,700 billion is the project of special category and is the third largest hydropower plant on the Da river, on the same cascade of the Son La and Hoa Binh hydropower plants. The main tasks of the project are to provide electricity for the national grid, to serve the flood control in the rainy season and to supply water in the dry season for the Northern Plain, at the same time contributing to the social-economic development of the provinces of Lai Chau, Dien Bien and North-Western areas, ensuring the defense security of the Northwestern areas.
The completion of the milestone of generation of the unit No 2 of the Lai Chau hydropower plant project in June 2016 is one of the important reprequisite to ensure the progress of completion and generation of the unit No 3 in November 2016; complete the whole project in 2016, one year earlier than the approved schedule.
Some major milestones of the Lai Chau Hydropower project
+ Commencement : Jan 5, 2011+
+ Closing intake gate of diversion tunnel, water storage for the reservoir: June 20, 2015
+ Generation of unit No 1: Dec 2015
+ Generation of unit No 2 June 2016
+ Expected completion of the whole project: December, 2016