
Previously, in December 2015 the Generator Unit 1 of Lai Chau Hydropower Plant generated electricity after nearly five years of construction. Lai Chau Hydropower Project has an investment of VND35,700 billion for 3 generator units with a total capacity of 1,200 MW, and it is considered as the third largest hydropower project in Vietnam to feed the national grid with about 4.7 billion kWh per year.