Slider imaging shows dramatic changes taking place on a section of the Mekong mainstream between 2017 and the present.
Category: Laos
Lao Villagers Facing Eviction for Dam Leery of Government Promises
Vietnam’s state-owned PetroVietnam Power has chosen the site for the $3 billion, 1,460-megawat Luang Prabang Dam. It will flood 23 villages in whole or in part, home to 10,000 people now told to start packing.
Did Vietnam Just Doom the Mekong?
In joining the Lao effort to build the Luang Prabang hydropower project, Hanoi reverses policy, putting Vietnam’s credibility and the Mekong’s fate on the line.
Elderly Lao Man Held in Land Dispute Released on Bail
A 69-year-old Lao man who was detained two months ago for refusing to give up land that had been in his family since 1965
Despite Efforts to Stamp Out Corruption, Laos Remains Corrupt
“That’s why our government is getting poorer and poorer and our government workers getting wealthier and wealthier. That’s wrong; that’s illegal. Our country is going to go bankrupt soon,”
Don Sahong Hydropower Project Comes Online
The Don Sahong Dam is a run-of-the-river dam near Khone falls on the Mekong. It has an installed capacity of 260 MW.
Behind the Cage, Tigers Face Threats Across Asia
Current scale of captive breeding operations within tiger farms, particularly in Laos, are “a significant obstacle” to the protection and recovery of wild populations.
Police Detain Eight Would-be Protesters in Lao Capital Vientiane
They were planning protests calling for free speech and condemning land grabs and dam projects, later releasing six of them