(KPL/Yonhap) A consortium led by Republic of Korean plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has secured an 840 billion-won (US$618 million) deal to build a gas-fired power plant in Vietnam by 2030, the company said Thursday.

The consortium, formed by Doosan Enerbility and Vietnam's energy service company PetroVietnam Technical Service Corp. (PTSC), will build the O Mon 3 gas-fired combined-cycle power plant for PTSC's parent company, Petrovietnam (PVN), at a site about 180 kilometers southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the company said in a press release.

The latest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract comes after Doosan Enerbility won a 900 billion-won deal in June last year, in a consortium with a local company, to build another gas-fired combined-cycle power plant at the same site for PVN by 2028.

"We will focus on winning further deals from PVN, as the Vietnamese company plans to build gas-fired power plants in the central and northern parts of the country, in addition to the O Mon 3 and 4 projects," a company representative said.

Doosan Enerbility has secured five gas-fired power plant deals, including the latest one, worth a combined 3.87 trillion won so far this year.

KPL