Laos steps up electricity trade with neighbouring countries

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has agreed to conduct a feasibility study on electricity trading and hydropower exchanges with neighbouring countries to boost cooperation in the energy sector.

Laos has agreed to sell 5,000MW of electricity to Vietnam, and while it is currently exporting just over 300MW is expected to supply 1,000MW by 2020, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Dr Khammany Inthirath, reported at the opening of the energy and mining sector’s first quarter meeting on Monday.

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