Ua ʻae ke aupuni Vietnamese i ke koi e lawe mai i ka uila mai Laos.Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) i ka mana 18

kuai 'aelike (PPAs) me Lao mana mea hoʻokomo waiwai waiwai, me ka uila mai 23 mana hana papahana.

Wahi a ka hōʻike, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ma muli o ka pono o ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ke aupuni Vietnamese

a ua kau inoa ke aupuni Lao i ka memorandum o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka makahiki 2016 e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana hydropower,

ka pili pūnaewele a me ka lawe ʻana mai i ka uila mai Laos.

I mea e hoʻokō ai i ka Memorandum of Understanding ma waena o nā aupuni ʻelua, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ikaika ʻo EVN.

hoʻolaha i ka hana kūʻai mana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana me ka Lao Electric Power Company (EDL) a me ka Lao Electric

ʻO ka Power Generation Company (EDL-Gen) e like me nā kulekele hoʻomohala ikehu o nā ʻāina ʻelua.

I kēia manawa, kūʻai aku ʻo EVN i ka uila i 9 mau ʻāina o Laos kokoke i ka palena ma waena o Vietnam a me Laos ma o ka 220kV-22kV.

-35kV grid, kūʻai aku ma kahi o 50 miliona kWh o ka uila.

Wahi a ka hōʻike, manaʻo nā aupuni o Vietnam a me Laos he nui ka lumi no ka hoʻomohala ʻana

ʻO ka hui like ʻana ma waena o Vietnam a me Laos ma ke kahua o ka uila.Nui ka heluna kanaka o Vietnam, paʻa

ka ulu waiwai a me ka koi kiʻekiʻe no ka uila, ʻoi aku kona kūpaʻa e hoʻokō i nā hoʻokuʻu ʻole ma 2050. ʻO Vietnam

e ho'āʻo ana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka koi uila no ka hoʻomohala socio-economic, ʻoiai e hoʻololi ana i ka ikehu i ʻōmaʻomaʻo,

kuhikuhi maʻemaʻe a hoʻomau.

I kēia manawa, ua ʻae ke aupuni Vietnamese i ke kulekele o ka lawe ʻana mai i ka uila mai Laos.Ua kau inoa ʻo EVN i ka mana 18

kūʻai aku i nā ʻaelike (PPA) me 23 mau mea hana mana mana ma Laos.

ʻO Laos hydropower kahi kumu mana paʻa ʻaʻole hilinaʻi i ke aniau a me ke aniau.No laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui wale

ka mea nui no Vietnam e wikiwiki i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, akā hiki nō hoʻi

hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mana "kumu" e kōkua iā Vietnam e lanakila i ka hoʻololi ʻana o kekahi mau kumu ikehu hou a hoʻoikaika a

ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka ikaika o ka hoʻololi ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka ikehu o Vietnam.

Wahi a ka hōʻike, i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ka hui ʻana i ka lako mana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ma ʻApelila 2022, ke Kuhina o

Ua ʻae ka ʻoihana a me ke kālepa o Vietnam a me ka Ministry of Energy and Mines o Laos e hana i nā hana, me ka kokoke

ka launa pū ʻana, ka wikiwiki ʻana i ka holomua o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā, ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā papahana laina hoʻouna, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā pahu mana

o na aina elua.