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The fact that the wind power project in Laos implemented by T&T Group reached the commercial operation milestone (COD), bringing electricity to Vietnam after only about 16 months and quickly achieving an output of about 0.9 billion kWh per year is not just the story of one factory. Behind this progress milestone is the investors ability to organize and deploy and control the entire project chain - a factor that is increasingly becoming a differentiating criterion in the energy sector. Download Behind the miracle of Savan 1 is the effort of hundreds of officers and employees of T&T Group at the construction site. This approach also reflects a consistent principle in project implementation: Prepare carefully from the beginning to be able to make quick decisions during the implementation process, thereby limiting delays between stages and keeping the overall progress. This principle is also associated with the management style of businessman Do Quang Hien, who repeatedly emphasized the philosophy of preparing carefully to be able to make quick decisions, considering this a prerequisite for keeping the pace of implementation in large-scale and highly complex projects. Placed in the long flow of Vietnam - Laos energy cooperation, the Savan 1 Wind Power Plant invested by T&T Group in Laos is also an indicator that the energy corridor between the two countries is gradually being developed. shaped by specific projects, continuing a journey lasting more than two decades from traditional hydropower to new generation renewable energy. Two decades from hydropower to... wind power For more than two decades, Vietnam - Laos energy cooperation has gone through a long journey from traditional hydropower projects to the transition to renewable energy. In the early 2000s, when Vietnams electricity demand began to increase rapidly along with the industrialization process, Vietnamese businesses looked to Laos as a natural complementary development space. At that time, hydropower was almost the only option. Large rivers in Laos, with abundant water reserves and suitable terrain, are quickly becoming destinations for energy investment projects from Vietnam. Download In the early stages of cooperation, hydropower in Laos was the choice of the majority of energy developers from Vietnam. In 2000, the Xekaman 1 project was launched; Not long after that, Xekaman 3 and Xeset were formed one after another. Hydroelectric plants in Laos began generating electricity, bringing part of the output to Vietnam. The electric current at that time had both economic significance and created an important precedent for connecting the two national power systems. Those are the first bricks, there is no concept of energy corridors yet, but there are projects, lines and commercial electricity flows across borders. The cooperative relationship at that time was clearly complementary: Vietnam had more electricity, Laos had more budget revenue and improved energy infrastructure. Entering the 2010s, the picture gradually changed. Hydropower potential is no longer as abundant as before, while Vietnams electricity demand continues to increase with urbanization and production expansion. Environmental pressure and emissions are also becoming more and more apparent. Vietnam - Laos energy cooperation faces the need to shift phase, from traditional energy sources to cleaner, more sustainable forms of energy. Download With Savan 1, T&T Group chose to implement both transmission lines and power sources in parallel. This is the key for the project to quickly reach its destination right before 2026. During this period, many Vietnamese businesses began to research and propose renewable energy projects in the country of a million elephants. Wind power is seen as a potential direction, consistent with the regions energy transition trend. However, unlike hydropower, wind power is not just a story of building a factory. The bigger problem lies in transmission infrastructure and connection capacity. In that context, the ability to organize and deploy project stages simultaneously, instead of processing them sequentially, begins to become a differentiating factor for investors. Projects that can control the entire chains progress and come into operation in a short time are no longer the exception, but are becoming a measure of execution capacity. Savan 1 of businessman Do Quang Hien in Laos is one of the typical cases that clearly shows this trend. Savan 1 and the transition to green energy corridor In terms of scale, Savan 1 is not the largest energy project invested by Vietnamese enterprises in Laos, nor is it the project mentioned earliest in energy cooperation plans. But this is a project with a clear roadmap from the beginning, with the specific goal of reaching commercial operation in the shortest time possible. The project has been implemented by T&T Group of businessman Do Quang Hien since early 2025, with a total design capacity of about 495 MW, of which phase 1 reaches 300 MW with 48 wind turbines. Instead of the traditional approach - building the factory first, then waiting for a transmission plan - T&T Group chose to do it in parallel: constructing the main items of the wind power plant while investing in a separate transmission line to bring electricity to Vietnam. Download After only about 16 months, Savan 1 has reached the COD milestone, bringing wind power from Savannakhet integrates into Vietnams electricity system. In fact, being able to deploy many items simultaneously does not only come from resources, but depends on the level of preparation from the previous stage. When technical, infrastructure and implementation options have been carefully calculated, the implementation process allows decisions to be made faster, minimizing waiting time between stages. This is also a key factor that helps shorten the overall project schedule. In the energy industry, the difference does not lie in having a project, but in the ability to bring the proj
