Laos and Myanmar have signed a Joint Development Agreement to study a 2,790 MW hydropower project on their shared Mekong border. The feasibility phase is set to run 34 months.
Vietnam's new Direct Power Purchase Agreement framework opens a market bypass around EVN, but it does not resolve payment obligations already owed under existing PPAs.
Australia needs refined fuel. Singapore needs LNG. The April 10 agreement converts that mutual dependency into a formalized crisis coordination framework.