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Tuesday, 1 January 2008

Cambodia, Laos,Vietnam enhance power cooperation


One of the hydro-electricity dams that will provide electricity to Cambodia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Industry officials from Cambodia , Laos and Vietnam have inked a deal on power cooperation.Under the agreement signed on December 29, Cambodia will buy electricity from the Electricity of Vietnam corporation (EVN) to provide to Kongpongcham province and electricity from Laos for the northern province of Stung Treng.To implement the contract, Laos plans to build a transformer station and 25 km of 115 kV line from Champasak province to the Laos-Cambodia border. Vietnam will also build a 110 KV power line to transmit electricity from southern Tay Ninh province to the border area with Cambodia .Meanwhile, Cambodia will build two 110 kV transmission lines. Work on the two lines will start in early 2008 and is expected to complete in 2010.Vietnam has provided annually 24 million kWh to Cambodia through nine points in the southern provinces of Tay Ninh, Kien Giang, An Giang, Binh Phuoc and Long An. Vietnam and Laos have also agreed to join hands in building hydropower stations in Laos to provide electricity to Vietnam . One of their cooperation projects, the Sekaman 3, with a capacity of 240 MW, has already been underway and will start operation in 2009.

(Source: VNA)

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