The PM was responding to a question raised about whether the fracture of a dam in Laos’ Attapeu province would affect Laos’ approach to hydropower development.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam raises wind tariffs
Global Wind Energy Council says the Vietnamese wind market is ‘one to watch’.
Fight deforestation and climate change by granting indigenous rights to forests: Report
In Thailand, however, communities are being evicted from national parks under a law aimed at conserving forests.
More problems to come for Cambodia from Lao dam failure
Though floods from the Lao dam collapse occured two months ago, people are yet to experience the worst of it.
Residents still unhappy over Chinese Tigyit coal project
Myanmar’s first coal power plant is allegedly discarding hazardous waste into the Tigyit stream, which is connected to sources of drinking water.
Viability of infrastructure projects essential for investments
Decision-making to shift away from budgetary consideration to a framework where the priority is for projects which are truly needed by the population.
VN implements its biggest mining project in Laos
The Lao Government and Viet Phương Group (VPG) will implement a US$650 million bauxite mining and processing project in Laos’ Sekong province.