A 110-kV transmission line was launched Tuesday, helping Vietnam to import more electricity from China, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The line linking Vietnam's northern Tuyen Quang province with China's Yunnan province will facilitate the electricity transmission, part of several contracts, under which the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) buys electricity from Yunnan Province and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to serve its northern localities.

Besides 110-kV lines already in use, the state-owned corporation EVN is speeding up construction of six 220-kV transmission lines and transformer stations for the purchase of electricity from Yunnan to such northern Vietnamese provinces as Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc, said the report.

Vietnam is to import over 1 billion kwh electricity this year and 1.3 billion kwh next year from China via both 110-kv and 220- kv lines, under contracts already signed by the EVN and Chinese power companies, according to sources from the corporation.

Source: Xinhua