Groundbreaking ceremony held for Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant project

Together with the groundbreaking of a project to renovate and construct facilities within the provincial Party Committee campus, Son La province on December 19 kicked off construction on the Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant project in Chieng Mung commune, in celebration of the 14th National Party Congress.

 At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant project in Chieng Mung commune.

The ceremony was connected online to the central venue in Hanoi, along with 79 other sites nationwide, and was broadcast live on VTV1 as well as on STV Channel and digital platforms of Son La Newspaper and Radio-Television.

Attending the ceremony at the Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant project site in Chieng Mung commune were Cha A Cua, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; members of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board; leaders of the provincial People’s Council and People’s Committee; leaders of provincial departments and agencies; representatives of the investor; leaders of communes and wards; and a large number of local residents.

Delegates at the groundbreaking ceremony.
Delegates at the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant and its clean water transmission pipeline system are invested by Son La Water Supply Joint Stock Company, with a total investment of 260.4 billion VND (9.9 million USD). It has a designed capacity of 14,000 cubic meters per day.

The plant is to be built on an area of approximately 1.2 hectares in Xum hamlet, with a full range of synchronised facilities including water treatment systems, storage tanks, electrical, chemical and sludge treatment systems, and notably raw water pipelines, transmission pipelines, and a clean water distribution network. The system will interconnect To Hieu, Chieng Coi, and Chieng Sinh wards, and Chieng Mung and Mai Son communes.

Đại diện lãnh đạo Công ty cổ phần Cấp nước Sơn La phát biểu tại Lễ khởi công.

The project has been identified as a key technical infrastructure project with significant socio-economic importance, clearly demonstrating the attention of Party committees and authorities to improving people’s living standards, ensuring social security, and guiding sustainable local development in the new period.

People in Chieng Mung attend the groundbreaking ceremony.
An illustration of the Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant

It is expected to address water shortages and provide clean water meeting national standards to tens of thousands of households in the former Son La city and the former Mai Son area. It will serve residential areas, service establishments, production facilities, and industrial zones, significantly improving the living environment, enhancing public health, and contributing to sustainable socio-economic development across the project area.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Cha A Cua speaks at the event.

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Cha A Cua requested that the project investor mobilise all available resources to accelerate construction progress while ensuring technical quality, labour safety, and environmental hygiene throughout the construction process. He emphasised the need to complete and put the project into operation as soon as possible to meet local residents’ needs.

He also called for effective management and operation of the project to ensure clean water quality and supply capacity that meet both current and future domestic and production-business demands.

The Party Committee of the provincial People’s Committee was asked to direct relevant departments and agencies to closely coordinate, create the most favourable conditions, and promptly address difficulties and obstacles arising during project implementation.

Local Party committees and authorities in project areas were urged to strengthen communication to gain public consensus and support, facilitate site clearance, ensure security and order at construction sites, and promote efficient use of water resources.

Delegates break ground on the project.

 

 Provincial leaders and the project investor present gifts to poor households and policy beneficiary families in Chieng Mung and Chieng Mai communes.
An art performance at the groundbreaking ceremony.

 




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