A beach on Con Dao Islands in 2020 (Photo: VnExpress)

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will work with the authorities of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province that administers Con Dao to draw up a specific plan, as approved in principle by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Power will be provided by a station in the coastal Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang via a cable line stretching three kilometers on land and 15 kilometers under the shallow sea off Soc Trang before being transferred via a submarine cable of 78 kilometers to Con Dao.

The project will include a 110 kV substation.

Thus far, Con Dao Archipelago, a top tourist attraction in southern Vietnam, has been using electricity generated by a diesel generator, which has failed to meet actual demand.

Con Dao comprises 16 islands that spread across 76 square kilometers with a population of 10,500. Con Son, the biggest island, is the only one inhabited.

The archipelago is considered to lie at a crucial and strategic position in terms of socio-economic development and national defense and security.

According to a master development plan, Con Dao is set to become a modern economic and tourist zone of regional and international scale.