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Russians win deal for mega power plant
(September 15, 1997) Vietnam has hand-picked a Russian hydropower project design company to carry out the feasibility study for the country's largest ever hydropower project in Son La province....
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Vietnam hydro dams threaten Cambodian food security
A new study predicts hydro dams on the upper Srepok River in Vietnam will reduce fish stocks and make riverside agriculture impossible, with major negative impact on people’s diets and livelihoods. See...
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Reclaiming the Sesan River
(November 3, 2008) Restoring natural flows by modifying hydropower dam operations: International experience and hope for the Sesan River? Continue reading →
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Experts rail against dam projects: Vietnam News
(March 8, 2011) Vietnam News features statements from several experts on how the proposed damming of the Mekong River would destroy the region's ecology, and harm tens of thousands of people. Continue...
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Cancel the Xayaburi Dam
(May 6, 2011) The Save the Mekong coalition and its alliances have called for the halt of construction activity at the dam site and for the Government of Thailand to cancel its plans to purchase the...
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China’s ‘water grab’ and its consequences
Beijing's revisionist approach to the status quo in Southeast Asia is nowhere more evident than its "land grab" in the South China Sea and "water grab" in the upper reaches of the Mekong River, says...
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The myth of sustainable hydropower
2016 will be a decisive year for hydropower projects on the mainstream Mekong. Southeast-Asia based journalist, Tom Fawthrop, looks at the notion of ‘nice dams’ that supposedly don't inflict too much...
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