Trung Sơn Dam 1.47

The Trung Sơn Dam is a hydroelectric power station under construction on the Ma River in northwestern Vietnam. Located in the Trung Sơn commune, Quan Hóa District, Thanh Hóa Province, it is approximately southwest of Hòa Bình city, and northwest of Thanh Hóa city. The dam will create a reservoir which covers a large area of the Mường Lát and Quan Hóa Districts in the Thanh Hoa province as well as part of the Mộc Châu District in Sơn La Province. It is approximately from the Vietnam–Laos border.The ProjectThe Trung Sơn hydropower project is owned by Trung Sơn Hydropower Company Limited, the entity established by Vietnam Electricity in Decision No. 106/QD-ENV dated March 17, 2011. TSHPCo is responsible for the management, construction and operation of the Trung Sơn hydropower project.The project will provide both power generation and flood control. The powerhouse is designed to contain four generating units with a total capacity of 260 MW and an annual output of 1,018.61 GWh, a significant addition to the national grid. The flood control storage of will help prevent floods downstream.The project will cost a total of VND 7,775,146 million . This includes US $330 million from a World Bank loan, which was signed by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the World Bank on June 28, 2011. Additionally, the project was given slightly over US $80 million from the counterpart fund of .