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Ms Camilla Mellander, the Ambassador of Sweden to Vietnam and Mr Mikael Johansson, Second Secretary, Political and Trade Section, paid a visit to ABB in Hanoi.

With the aim to help Hanoi University of Technology’s (HUT) students to have a deep understanding about ABB Group as well as ABB in Vietnam, ABB held three introduction programs for HUT’s students at Bac Ninh and Hanoi during the period from the end of November to early December.

On 29 & 30 November 2012, Discrete Automation & Motion division had successfully held a Channel Partner Year End Meeting for BU Drive’s partners at Vung Tau City.

ABB has been awarded a contract from Saigon Ban Mai Commercial Company Limited, to retrofit an obsolete Alsthom - Jeumont Cegelec control system for the 2 x 33MW Vinh Son hydropower plant, located at Binh Dinh central province's Vinh Thanh mountainous districts of Vietnam. The plant is operated by Vinh Son-Song Hinh Hydropower Joint Stock Company, which is the second largest electric company in

ABB Robotics participated in Metalex exhibition on 4-6 October 2012 which is Vietnam’s leading technology exhibition in metal fabrication. It’s the third time ABB joined Metalex and this time is of the biggest scale so far.

23 October 2012 – Song Nguyen Company have recently been appointed as ABB Drives' first official Authorized Value Provider (AVP).

Substations to provide reliable power supply to large industrial plant

On 17 October 2012, Mr. Andrej Motyl, Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam and Mrs. Christine Busser, Deputy Head of Mission, Trade and Economic Affairs paid a working visit to ABB in Hanoi.

In late September, ABB in Vietnam signed the first contract to supply high voltage circuit breakers for Song May 500kV substation that includes 13 sets of 500kV circuit breakers from ABB in Sweden, 7 sets of 220 kV circuit breakers and 3 sets of 110kV circuit breakers from ABB in India for 500kV. Song May Substation is owned by the Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) and executed by

Continuing the success of our annual low voltage new products and features seminars which were recently held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, on 28 September 2012, LP division organised the same event in the beautiful beach city of Danang.