The Vietnamese state-owned power utility Electricité du Vietnam (EVN) has commissioned the 500 kV Monsoon-Thanh My interconnection project, which links the Quang Nam province of Vietnam to the 600 MW Monsoon wind power project located in southern Laos. The VND 1,100bn (US$44m) interconnection line entered construction in late September 2023. It adds 600 MW to Vietnam’s power grid and will be later able to export 2.5 GW of electricity from Laos to Vietnam.
The Monsoon project, whose first turbine was installed in November 2023, is scheduled for completion in March 2025. Its power generation will be sold across the border to Vietnam under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with EVN in July 2021.
Laos is also considering the construction of a 1.2 GW wind project in Savannakhet, whose generated electricity would also be sold to Vietnam.