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Laos to plough on with third Mekong dam project
Published on 01/07/2020
» Laos is pushing ahead with a hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries over its potential to harm fisheries and farming downstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Wednesday.
Laos pushes ahead with sixth Mekong River dam project
Reuters, Published on 12/05/2020
» Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected to start later this year, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday.
Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2020
» LUANG PRABANG: On a wide bank of the Mekong River, yellow markers and visits by surveyors show preparations underway to build Laos' third and largest dam on Southeast Asia's most vital waterway.
The 97km that frustrate China's mastery of the Mekong
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» CHIANG KHONG: Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea.
New Mekong dam in Laos opens to protests, dried-out downstream
Reuters, Published on 29/10/2019
» NONG KHAI: The first hydropower dam on the lower Mekong River began commercial operations in Laos on Tuesday amid protests from Thai villagers who say the Xayaburi Dam and several others in the works will destroy their livelihoods.
Laos asked to give data to prevent Isan floods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2019
» Thai authority has asked Laotian Government to provide data and information about water resources and management plans involving the Mekong River directly to Thai authorities to assess the water situation and take action to prevent floods in eight northeastern provinces.
Laos 'might need a push' to take full advantage of border crossing
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 02/12/2018
» Phayao: Despite the upgrading of Ban Huak crossing in Phu Sang district to a permanent border checkpoint, only local residents are currently allowed to travel across the border to Laos.
More than 3000 await rescue in Laos dam collapse; 19 dead
Agencies and online reporters, Published on 24/07/2018
» Nineteen people died and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos on Monday evening.
New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River's biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.