Streets in Dong Nai lit by solar power

10:05, 15/05/2008

The southeastern province of Dong Nai is the first in Vietnam to install a solar-powered streetlight system.

The southeastern province of Dong Nai is the first in Vietnam to install a solar-powered streetlight system.

 

Forty light posts in the province, many of which were placed in downtown Bien Hoa city, have been fitted with solar-powered light-emitting-diode (LED) light bulbs.

 

The province has spent 3 billion VND (187,500 USD) for the solar-powered streetlights since the project started in 2007.

(Source: VNA)