Vietnam has agreed to increase its electricity supply to Cambodia to 400 MW from the current 250 MW to boost the Kingdom’s economy and to help prevent blackouts or power shortages.
The plan was revealed by Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam, during a meeting with Senate President Hun Sen in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 25.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister expressed his desire to increase the economic activity between the two countries and said that when the current agreement to supply 250 MW of power to Cambodia expires it will be renewed and increased to 400 MW in 2025.
According to an official release, the two sides also discussed Cambodia-Vietnam-Laos cooperation as well as bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade, economy, investment, tourism and infrastructure.
Mr Hun Sen arrived in Hanoi on July 25 to pay his respects to the late Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who passed away on July 19.
As part of efforts to meet the growing energy demand, Cambodia imports around 25 percent of its power requirement from neighbouring countries such as Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
From Laos, Cambodia currently imports around 445 MW, and the power trade is expected to reach 6,000 MW by 2030.
The Kingdom generates electricity from hydropower dams, coal-fired units, diesel-consuming plants, solar energy parks, and biomass power units, and aims to adopt natural gas, LNG, or hydrogen as a fuel for power production.
