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The Hòa Bình Dam on the Black River (Vietnamese: sông Đà) is the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam, and also the largest in South East Asia. Power is generated by utilizing eight turbines with a capacity of , totalling the installed capacity to .〔(Hoa Binh Hydro Power Plant )〕 The Sông Đà Reservoir (Black River Reservoir) was formed as the river was dammed. The dam is located on the Black River in Hòa Bình of the Hòa Bình Province, in Vietnam. It measures in height, and in length. The facility is owned by Vietnam Electricity, and produces up to of power annually. Construction on the rockfill dam began in November 1979 and was completed in 1994.〔 Financed and built with the Russian money and experts it now produces approximately 27% of Vietnam's electricity and is currently staffed by 800 workers. 11,141 households, approximately 89,720 people, were relocated with 13 thousand ha of land being submerged. During construction there were 168 deaths, eleven Russian experts and 157 Vietnamese. On the neighboring Tuong Hill a 18m high, 400 ton statue of Ho Chi Minh stands looking over the dam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hoa-Binh-Hydropower-Plant )〕 The story goes that when Ho Chi Minh crossed the Red River here in a boat during the nation's struggle for independence against America he was so frustrated with the difficulty that he proclaimed that when North and South are reunified a dam will be built to calm the mighty river. == See also == * List of power stations in Vietnam * List of conventional hydroelectric power stations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hòa Bình Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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