On December 11, at a regular press conference, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Lan - Deputy Director of the Department of Construction of An Giang province - provided more information about the underground cable incident that affected the power supply in the Phu Quoc special zone.
Accordingly, the investment project to build the coastal main road to the center of Ha Tien city includes a road section (total length of about 13.3 km) and a bridge section (arranged with 5 bridges). For construction units, there are 5 units that won the bid.
On November 29, the construction unit organized the construction of a sea floor to serve the construction of a trial pile of abutment A and abutment B for bridge No. 2 on the project route.
When the construction of 6 anchor points and 8 steel pillars was completed, the An Giang Electricity Agency announced that a power outage occurred on November 29, 2025.
The Department of Construction proactively directs monitoring and construction units to closely follow the site to coordinate handling when required. Provincial leaders, relevant departments, branches and units have held meetings to propose solutions.
During the handling process, the police coordinated to measure and examine the scene. It determined that an H-shaped steel pole collided with a rope when building a rainbank on the A-border. The police made a record and proceeded to lift the steel pillars (using a crane to lift the cable to the bar).
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has also directed the police to organize an investigation to determine the cause. In case of violation, they will be strictly handled according to the conclusion of the police.
For the cost, the total cost that the contractor spent in advance to fix the problem was about 2.4 billion VND. After the conclusion determining the fault of which unit, that unit must be responsible for this amount of money as well as related responsibilities according to the investigation conclusion, Mr. Lan informed.
Previously, at 1:45 p.m. on November 29, 2025, a 110kV 173 Ha Tien - 172 Phu Quoc power line broke out, affecting the power supply to Phu Quoc special area.
Immediately after the incident, to maintain power supply and operate the power system safely, An Giang Electricity urgently implemented a priority power supply plan from the 110/22kV Nam Phu Quoc Station through the 22kV medium voltage grid to priority customer groups; mobilized large customers with self-operating generators to supply electricity to take advantage of the remaining capacity to serve customers...
Southern Power Corporation has also mobilized 20 mobile diesel generators of member Power Companies, with a total capacity of 3.5MW transported to Phu Quoc to increase power supply.
The Electricity industry has mobilized maximum human and material resources, increased overtime to urgently fix underground cable incidents. At around 11pm on December 5, the 110kV overhead line was successfully energized, fixing the problem of the 110kV Ha Tien - Phu Quoc underground cable. Thereby, the power supply to all customers in Phu Quoc special area has been restored at night.
