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After a hard working day, many
households in Pate village, Tram Tau 

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commune, Lao Cai province are
busy preparing for dinner. 

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The most concerning thing is to restore
the weak power source, the dim light 

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because the power source far from home
is pulled by the family 

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to a few kilometers away. 

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Due to thin wires, low-power light
bulbs, and flickering light, the evening 

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becomes even more dull. 

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Ban Pate currently has over 50
households using unsafe electricity. 

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In Lang Ca village, Cat Thinh commune,
when the evening light just fades behind 

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the mountains, in the wooden house of
Sung A Tu village school, the only light 

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is a homemade water generator. 

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Power is weak, unstable, only enough to
light a few small light bulbs. 

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Even at village meetings, people have to
contribute money to buy water generators to have light. 

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The electricity here is very weak,
students cannot study in the evening, so 

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they only study during the day when it is bright. 

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We always wished to use electric lighting. 

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It is worth mentioning that in many
places lacking electricity, high-voltage 

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power lines still pass right above the village. 

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Not far away, power plants and
hydropower plants are still generating 

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electricity day and night and connected to the national grid. 

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Electricity from the mountains and
forests is sent very far, but right at 

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the foot of those electrical panels, people still live in darkness. 

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In meetings with voters, people also
raised their opinions, but regarding the 

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power line, there is still no response,
and it is also unclear why, what is the 

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problem, there is still no electricity. 

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Currently, Lao Cai province still has 30
villages with thousands of households 

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without electricity or using unsafe electricity sources. 

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Therefore, people's production life is extremely difficult. 

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Everything from cooking, cleaning to
studying had to be done before nightfall 

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because the lights were not bright enough. 

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Four villages now do not have
electricity, so it is also very difficult in digital transformation. 

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The first is about network
intersections, called the Internet. 

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Electric light not only lights up a
roof, it is the light of knowledge, 

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information and development opportunities. 

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But in many highland villages, people
are always eagerly waiting for electricity. 

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And when high-voltage power still passes
overhead, when hydropower still shines 

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in the vast mountains and forests, 

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then the question for local authorities
and the energy industry is not just when 

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the electricity will come to the village, 

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but also who will be responsible for
preventing that source from 

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continuing to arrive late.