2013 Southern Vietnam and Cambodia blackout
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Date14:00, 22 May 2013 (+07:00)
Duration8 hours
Location19 southern provinces and the provinces of Bình Thuận, Ninh Thuận, Lâm Đồng and part of Cambodia.[1][2][3]
CauseTree brushing against a power line
 Darkened Ho Chi Minh City skyline at 6:47 PM on 22 May | |
| Date | 14:00, 22 May 2013 (+07:00) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 8 hours |
| Location | 19 southern provinces and the provinces of Bình Thuận, Ninh Thuận, Lâm Đồng and part of Cambodia.[1][2][3] |
| Cause | Tree brushing against a power line |
| Outcome | 8 million customers affected[4] |
| Property damage | 14 billion VND (initial estimate)[5] |
The 2013 Southern Vietnam and Cambodia blackout was a power outage in the southern region of Vietnam on 22 May 2013, affecting millions of people.
Power went off at around 14:14 (UTC+7) on 22 May 2013.
Cause
A careless move of a truck deployed to plant trees in New Bình Dương City urban area is the direct cause for the massive power outage in the southern region of Vietnam. When moving a tree on Wednesday afternoon, the truck let the tree bump onto a line in the national power grid (500 KV).
