This picture taken on October 20, 2026, shows a wooden house with a corrugated metal roof at Dak Xieng A village in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, near Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. 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. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken early on October 20, 2026, shows a wind turbine near cattle (back L) during sunrise in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. 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. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken on October 20, 2026, shows Shanny Campbell, the Country Director for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Laos posing in front of wind turbines in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. 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. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken on October 20, 2026, shows a resident washing a cooking pot outside his wooden house at Dak Xieng A village in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, near Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. 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. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken on October 20, 2026, shows fire extinguishing equipment at a substation in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. 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. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

WESLACO, TEXAS - OCTOBER 31: Pork ribs have sauced added at Teddy's Barbecue on October 31, 2026 in Weslaco, Texas. Rising beef costs are putting severe financial pressure on Texas barbecue joints and consumers, driven by a 75-year low in the U.S. cattle herd, droughts, and high operational expenses. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

WESLACO, TEXAS - OCTOBER 31: Jaime Fuentes, General Manager, cuts beef brisket at Teddy's Barbecue on October 31, 2026 in Weslaco, Texas. Rising beef costs are putting severe financial pressure on Texas barbecue joints and consumers, driven by a 75-year low in the U.S. cattle herd, droughts, and high operational expenses. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

WESLACO, TEXAS - OCTOBER 31: People eat at Teddy's Barbecue on October 31, 2026 in Weslaco, Texas. Rising beef costs are putting severe financial pressure on Texas barbecue joints and consumers, driven by a 75-year low in the U.S. cattle herd, droughts, and high operational expenses. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)