On March 21, the delegation led by Politburo member Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and representatives of ministries, central agencies and leaders of Long An Province visited the Long An International Port and examined the location of the construction of the Long An I & II LNG power plant.
The mission, led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, visited Long An International Port
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The LNG Long An I & II power plant has an area of about 90 hectares, located in the Southeast Asia industrial service area, under the Long An International Port project (Tan Tap Commune, Can Giuoc District, Long An) with a capital investment of approximately USD 3 billion, is under construction and is scheduled to operate in December 2525. The project has an expected capacity of 3,000 MW, including two combined cycle gas turbine plants with a capacity of 1,500 MW each one, by VINACAPITAL GS ENERGY PTE. LIMITED. is the investor.
In the survey, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly valued the preparation of the ground to start the construction of the Long An I & II LNG power plant. In addition, there is close coordination and cooperation between investors, localities and relevant ministries and agencies, quickly and timely for the first time, creating a solid foundation to promote the Long An I & II LNG Plant construction process on time.
Also on March 21, the People’s Committee of the Long An province granted the decision on investment policy and granted the investment registration certificate of the LNG Long An I & II Power Plant Project to the company INACAPITAL GS ENERGY PTE. LIMITED. The investment in the construction and operation of the Long An I & II LNG power plant in the Long An international port project is an important turning point in the process of promoting the strong development of the Mekong Delta.
Long An International Port is invested by Dong Tam Group, capable of receiving ships of 30,000 – 70,000 DWT, with a total length of 1,670 m, it is in the process of construction and operation. Next to the 239-hectare Industrial Service Area is the 396-hectare Industrial Park, also located in the Port Services Complex with public services to meet the needs of packages for companies to invest.
Long An International Port is capable of receiving ships of 30,000-70,000 DWT
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The investor is promoting the completion of legal procedures to expand the scale of berths No. 8 and 9 with a design capacity of up to 100,000 DWT. At that time, the total continuous length of the harbor shoreline was up to 2,368 m; The capacity scale of customs clearance products reached more than 80 million tons / year.
In the first 2 months of 2021, the volume of goods imported and exported through Long An International Port reached almost 200,000 tons. In addition, Long An International Port signed a cooperation agreement with wind energy projects, officially becoming a strategic wind energy assembly center for the South.