VN set to buy more electricity from Laos amid projected energy shortage
Share Domestic energy consumption in Laos was 1,222MW last year and is expected to increase to 1,800MW between 2020 and 2025. VIENTIANE TIMES VN set to buy more electricity from Laos amid projected energy shortage Thu, 10 December 2020 Vietnam is keen to import more electricity from Laos to address its projected energy shortages, according to a senior official. Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Dr Daovong Phonekeo told Vientiane Times on December 9 that Vietnam is purchasing electricity from energy plants built by Lao and Vietnamese investors. He said: “From now until 2025, Vietnam will p...