Hoa Binh hydropower plant - a draw on Da River tour

7/10/2017 - 3:51:51 PM

(HBO) – Hoa Binh hydropower plant has become a unmissable destination of any exploration boat trip along the Da River in Hoa Binh province. The plant is indelibly etched on tourists’ minds with powerful generation turbines, while a traditional house keeping a century letter sent to future generations, a President Ho Chi Minh statue and a memorial statue memorising Vietnamese and Russian experts who died during the plant construction give them a deep insight into historical values of the plant.

Hoa Binh hydropower plant is part of the Da River tour

The granite statue of President Ho Chi Minh, 18 metre in height and over 400 tonnes in weight, was placed on the top of Tuong Hill in the Hoa Binh hydropower plant complex. It looks like Uncle Ho is watching local officials and people making concerted efforts to build a prosperous Hoa Binh province. From the statue, which is 128 metres above sea level, visitors can enjoy a picturesque landscape of the giant hydropower plant, immense Hoa Binh reservoir, and afar distant mountain ranges.

Paying tribute to the late President reminds visitors of a time in 1960 when taking a boat trip on the Da River, President Ho Chi Minh said that the river must be conquered to bring long-term benefits to people. And his wish came true.

In the past decades, Hoa Binh hydropower plant has been consistently generating power for the country’s renovation process.

To realise the Party and Government’s "electrification” orientation, tens of thousands of officers, engineers and workers had made tireless efforts to race against time to complete the construction of the plant. The region was once teeming with emulation slogans and streaming national flags. It was crowded with transporters bringing goods, rocks and building materials around the clock. Trans-mountain tunnels, hundreds of metres in depth, were built on time. Million tonnes of soils and stones were dug and gathered for blocking the river. Great endeavors had been made and even blood was shed for the national electricity.

The eight-turbine Hoa Binh hydropower plant with total designed capacity of 1,920 MW became operational and connected with the national grid on December 20, 1994. The plant manifests the sacrifice and industriousness of officers and experts from Russia. 168 Russian officials, workers, and experts laid down their lives during the construction of the plant, making it a symbol of great Vietnam-Russia friendship relations.

Today, officers and engineers from the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Company are making constant efforts to manage the plant and generate over 200 billion kWh of electricity for the national grid, making contributions to the nation’s industrialisation and modernisation./.

Le Chung

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