Southern province streets of Vietnam first lit by solar power
Source: ThanhnienNews, Vietnam /May 13, 2008
http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=38492
Southern Dong Nai is the first province in Vietnam to install a solar powered street lighting system. Forty light posts in the province have been fitted with solar powered light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs mainly in downtown Bien Hoa Town. The province has spent VND3 billion (US$187,500) for the solar lighting system since the project started mid last year.
According to the province’s traffic safety committee, each post is installed with a solar panel which can accumulate enough charge to supply the LEDs for 48 hours. Dong Nai plans to expand the use of the system.