Viet-Lao Power reported that Électricité du Laos and ACO/Convalt Energy signed an MOU in Vientiane on 2 May 2019 to study a proposed 500 kV transmission connection from Hatxan in southern Laos to Pleiku, Vietnam.
Cooperation on regional infrastructure
Hari Achuthan and EDL General Director Bounoum Sivanpheng signed the agreement. Lao Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Thongphat Inthavong, U.S. Ambassador Rena Bitter and a Viet-Lao Power delegation attended the ceremony.
Building on an earlier agreement
The report connected this feasibility milestone to a June 2018 cooperation MOU between Viet-Lao Power and ACO/Convalt Energy. That earlier initiative focused on developing generation and transmission projects in Laos to supply Vietnam’s electricity grid.