The TA “Information Technology Roadmap for EVNNPT” is a non-refundable project assisted by USTDA. The total project fund is USD 907,850, of which the non-refundable amount is USD 785,850 (including USD 627,850 non-refunded by USTDA and USD 158,000 contributed by Tangible International Cooperation Inc. in the form of reduction of labour and software costs), the remaining of USD 122,000, equivalent to VND 2,537,600,000 is contributed by EVNNPT, which include the human resources, office base and equipment, costs for surveys, consultation seminars and conferences, translation of documents, reports, etc. The Tangible International Cooperation Inc. – one of the United States’ top consulting companies specialized in information technology will participate in this TA project. As planed, the project will be implemented within 07 months, divided into 3 main components: Establishing a 10 year Information Technology Roadmap for the power transmission system; Providing the management and technical training courses; Making the environment and devepment impacts assessment. The main objectives of the project include: Establish a 10 year Information Technology Roadmap for EVNNPT, focusing on development of enterprise management applications and the transmission grid management and operation system for approaching a smart, comprehensive and integrated information technology system; Building capacity for the managers and technical staff of EVNNPT and its subsidiaries, transfering and sharing technologies, developing and deploying the future Smart Grid models in EVNNPT; Applying and deploying the advanced technologies on Smart Grid in order to modernize the transmission grid management system, increase the efficiency of transmission grid and reduce power loss.
The implementation of project will be a great success for EVNNPT in cooperation with USTDA, in particular and with the United States, in general. It is remarkable that since the establishment of EVNNPT in 2008, this is the second cooperation project funded to EVNNPT by USTDA. It will mark a close and effective cooperation relationship between EVNNPT and USTDA over the last years, which will be a basis for an expected long-term, effective and sustainable cooperation relationship between the two parties.