He is responsible for overseeing the country's efforts on clean energy, energy efficiency and conservation, electric vehicles, energy transition such as green hydrogen and carbon credit in energy sector. Under Mr. Chantho’s leadership, DEEP has spearheaded implementation of the National Energy Efficiency Strategy, clean Energy Strategy for transportation which calls for harnessing Lao PDR's abundant renewable energy potentials and formulation of National Strategy on Hydrogen and Carbone Credit Trading on Energy Sector. Mr. Chantho holds a M.Sc. Electric Power Transmission and Substation from the Georgian University (former Soviet Union) and He has worked at MEM for over 30 years.