Lung Lau awaits the day electricity arrives.

For many years, 32 households in Lung Lau village (Phong Quang commune, Thai Nguyen province) have lived without access to the national power grid. The residents mainly rely on self-generated electricity from water sources or small solar panels. The lack of electricity and intermittent phone signals not only restrict daily life but also create numerous difficulties in work, production, and daily communication.

A view of Lung Lau village today.

Born and raised in a place with electricity, when she moved to Lung Lau as a daughter-in-law, Trieu Thi Tit was taken aback by the many hardships of life there. Even seemingly simple tasks like cooking, preserving food, or caring for young children became more difficult without a stable electricity supply.

"Here, we mainly rely on electricity and water, just enough for lighting. Everyday life is much more inconvenient. We always have to wear a headlamp to see," shared Ms. Tit.

Not only Tít's family, but the lack of electricity is the biggest obstacle to stabilizing the lives of the people in Lủng Lầu. Agricultural products cannot be processed on-site after harvest due to the lack of machinery; people have to transport them far away for milling. Tasks that could be done quickly with electrical equipment now depend entirely on manual labor, leading to longer processing times, increased costs, and reduced economic efficiency.

Ms. Trieu Thi Phay, a villager, said that every time her family needed to mill rice or do any work involving machinery, they had to travel about 7km, which was very inconvenient. "Without electricity, we can't do much; we have to do everything manually, which is hard work and the income isn't high," she said.

Weak power supply not only affects production and daily life, but also makes the use of electrical appliances almost impossible. In many households, televisions, electric fans, and other household appliances are still present, but they are mostly left unused because the power supply is insufficient. A lack of electricity also means unstable telecommunication signals.

In Lung Lau, the phone signal is intermittent, and communication relies heavily on a Viettel 5G base station located in the area, which operates using a generator for a few specific hours each day. Outside of this time, making calls, sending messages, or connecting to the network is almost completely interrupted.

The people of Lung Lau village still rely mainly on self-generated, low-capacity electricity and water sources for their daily lives.

For village head Hoang Van Kieu, this difficulty is even more apparent when he takes on the role of connecting information within the community. Mr. Kieu said that whenever he needs to inform the villagers, he can't just call them like in many other places; instead, he has to go directly to each household or gather the villagers together. "The signal is weak, and the electricity is unstable, so sometimes we can't even give a quick notification. We have to go to each house, which takes a lot of time," he shared.

Given this situation, the local authorities have proposed investing in a power grid for the area. However, due to the complex terrain and scattered population, implementation requires a suitable roadmap. 32 households in Lung Lau are hoping to have electricity to ease their daily burdens, facilitate production, and gradually improve their lives.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202604/lung-lau-cho-ngay-co-dien-5ed092c/