Laos's 600MW Monsoon Wind Power Project, an approximately US$950-million development, is Asia's first cross-border wind project and Southeast Asia's largest wind farm.
Key takeaways
Laos’s 600MW Monsoon Wind Power Project, the region’s largest wind farm, began operating in August 2025 and supplies electricity solely to Vietnam’s grid, marking Asia’s first cross‑border wind project.
- The 600MW farm covers an area the size of Singapore and cost about US$950 million.
- It is owned by a Thai‑led consortium and built by a Chinese state firm.
- The project supplies power exclusively to Vietnam’s national grid via dedicated transmission lines.
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A wind turbine is seen at sunrise in Dak Cheung district, Sekong province, Laos, as part of the 600MW Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. (AFP pic)VIENTIANE: Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources.
"The view is beautiful. They're bigger than trees," 23-year-old Toukta Phonsala told AFP inside her wooden stilt house in Dak Wai village, her baby bouncing on her lap.
Hydroelectric dams have proliferated across Southeast Asia in recent years, but production drops off in the dry season and critics lament the ecological impacts.
