A contract was signed in Vientiane on October 28 by Electricity of Laos and the Xekaman 1 Electricity Company to build a hydroelectric power station.
It will be located in Xekaman River by the Sanxay district, Attapeu province in southern Laos, and 70 kilometres from Kon Tum province in Vietnam.
The US$441.6 million-invested project will start in late 2010 and is scheduled for completion by 2015. It has a capacity of 322 MW and annual electricity output of 1.2 billion KWh.
The project is part of an energy exchange programme between the two governments.
