Vietnam & Cambodia tell Laos to stop $3.5bn Mekong River dam project
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Cambodia, downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos of failing to consult on the project, activists said. The Mekong River commission (MRC), made up of member states Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, held a three-day meeting in northern Laos to discuss river development projects.
The dam in northern Laos, the first of 11 planned for the lower Mekong River running through south-east Asia, threatens the livelihood of tens of millions who depend on the river's aquatic resources, activists say.
"Vietnam requested that no further developments on the Mekong mainstream occur until the ... dams study agreed upon at least year's council meeting is completed," International Rivers, an NGO devoted to river conservation, said in a statement.
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