Laos and China launch landmark clean energy cooperation project
A groundbreaking ceremony for the China-Laos 500 kV Interconnection Project was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane on February 26, 2025. A major initiative under the China-Laos
VIENTIANE, April 22 (Xinhua) — The new 500 kV and 230 kV transmission lines to be installed in Laos' capital Vientiane, a joint project between Lao and Chinese companies, will ensure more Lao people to have sufficient power, officials here have said.
The project will create a sustainable electricity supply for the development of Lao capital Vientiane and increase the capacity of Laos' electricity grid,” said Yu Jun, general manager of the China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd., the Chinese EPC contractor.
And there are numerous global examples of large Chinese infrastructure projects saddling the smaller host country in unmanageable amounts of debt. Laos, in response to rising debt, recently signed a deal ceding control of the majority of its power grid to a state-owned Chinese company.
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