The Lao Government has given the green light for two private companies to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of a 220kV transmission line which would carry electricity from five dams in northern Laos to Vietnam.
VNA Tuesday, February 08, 2022 14:55

If the study is approved, the line will transmit electricity from Nam Ou dams No.3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 through Luang Prabang and Phongsaly provinces to Vietnam.
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A canal runs dry in An Giang Province of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, March 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa



The Xayaburi dam in the lower Mekong River in Laos. Photo by CK Power/Handout via AFP.



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