VOV.VN - Heavy rain is expected to lash large parts of the northern region of Vietnam from June 12-15, helping to reduce droughts and water shortages in hydropower plants in the region.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a decree on power saving for the 2023-2025 period and beyond amid a national power crunch, especially in the northern region.

The water level of Tri An hydropower reservoir, the largest of its kind in the southern region, has dropped to “dead level” due to a prolonged dry season and El Niño phenomena.

The Bo Y 220kV switching substation in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum will receive electricity from the Nam Kong 2 and 3 hydropower plants of Laos by May 15 this year to integrate it with the Vietnamese electricity grid.

The wave of Vietnamese investments in Attapeu has helped to draw more capital to the Lao province, a local official has said.

A working delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the EU Delegation to Vietnam recently had a meeting with the authorities in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on electricity supply for rural areas and renewable energy development.

VOV.VN - A landslide occurred in Tra Bong district of Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam on October 10 evening, burying some items of Ka Tinh hydropower plant in the locality, according to a local official.

Officials from the Department of Energy Safety Management (DESM) under the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines made a working visit to Vietnam’s Son La hydroelectric power plant on August 3 and 4 to study the plant’s operation.

The Construction Joint Stock Company 47 has announced that it had recently reached a deal with Song Da 5 Joint Stock Company to construct the Nam Pha, Nam Phak and Phouphong dams at the Nam Phak hydropower project in Laos.

Vietnam has invested over US$815 million in hydropower and mining projects in Laos’s Attapeu province, the Vientiane Times reported on June 9.