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The Vietnam Electricity’s Southern Power Company (EVN SPC) will cooperate with Italian Prysmian PowerLink SRL to complete the final section of the longest submarine cable in Southeast Asia.
Installation work will start on November 17 to connect the remaining 55.8km of 110MW cable between Ha Tien town and Phu Quoc island of southern Kien Giang province to the national electricity grid.
The installation is due to finish on January 13 to provide electricity to Phu Quoc islanders before the celebration of the 2014 lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
The total cost is estimated at VND2,336 billion (more than US$11 billion) sourced from the World Bank (WB) and the EVN SPC.
Phu Quoc is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Vietnam. The island welcomed 500,000 visitors last year, and is expected to receive 2-3 million in the next 10 years.
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