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Vietnam and Laos plan 500 kV transmission line
Vietnam and Laos yesterday agreed to collaborate in the construction of a 500 kV transmission line linking the two countries to facilitate electricity trade.
The agreement was reached during a meeting in Hanoi administered by Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Vu Huy Hoang, and Lao Minister of Energy and Mining, Soulivong Dalavong.
They also agreed to send a proposal to the Asian Development Bank, asking for technical and financial support for the 500kV transmission line.
The two ministers expressed delights at the progress and agreement reached on the Sekaman 1 hydro-electric power project and confirmed both sides’ readiness to co-operate in ensuring joint hydro-electric power schemes as scheduled.
They agreed to jointly review the feasibility and the implementation progress of power plant projects in Laos designed to sell electricity to Vietnam.
Minister Hoang thanked the Lao Government for creating favourable conditions for the Vietnamese firms to carry out exploration and exploitation projects for minerals, oil and gas in Laos.
In response, Minister Soulivong Dalavong praised Vietnam’s assistance in training energy officials for Laos .
The same day, the Lao minister met Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung and worked with Vietnam’s National Oil and Gas Corporation. (VNA) |