Lights out in Laos as electricity exports surge

A truck drives past high-voltage transmission lines that cross the Mekong River in Hadxayfong district, Vientiane, as part of the network through which the country exports electricity to neighbouring Thailand. Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the "Battery of Southeast Asia", powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. -- Photo by AFP)

VIENTIANE (AFP): Isolated, underdeveloped Laos brands itself the "Battery of South-East Asia", powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark.

Exports of electricity to neighbouring countries including Thailand and Vietnam are a key source of revenue for the landlocked nation, designated as a least developed country by the United Nations.

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一辆卡车驶过万象哈赛丰区湄公河上的高压输电线路，这是老挝向邻国泰国出口电力的电网的一部分。孤立落后的老挝自诩为“东南亚电池”，利用数十座水电站为邻国供电，但频繁的停电却让本国人民饱受黑暗之苦。（图片来源：法新社）

万象（法新社）：孤立、欠发达的老挝自诩为“东南亚电池”，通过数十座水电站为邻国供电，但频繁的停电却让本国人民生活在黑暗之中。

向包括泰国和越南在内的邻国出口电力是这个被联合国列为最不发达国家的内陆国家的主要收入来源。

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