With success at Xayaburi, CK Power Plc is negotiating with the Laos government to build another hydroelectric power project worth over US$4.5 billion.
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IFC, Australia back nationwide study on Myanmar’s hydropower
Two ministries have been holding a series of discussions to finalise the countrywide strategic environmental assessment (SEA) on hydropower potential by March.
Lao gov’t to submit Hin Nam No National Park for UNESCO listing
“With its huge potential, this area will contribute to social and economic development, especially for the people of Khammuan.”
Reducing water insecurity: Questions of power, politics and equity in the Mekong region
Water management decision making is concentrated in the hands of the politically and financially powerful few, who determine how water gets allocated.
Flashing cash, China spearheads Mekong economic integration
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang used a visit to Cambodia this week to strengthen China-led economic integration across mainland Southeast Asia.
Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive
Burma’s exporting ecological destruction along with its genocide of the Rohingya.
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
Over the past decade the Mekong delta region has seen a net loss of one million people due to the new climate regime
Southeast Asia’s poor versus China dams on the Mekong
China has the upper hand over a resource that serves as the economic lifeblood of its poor southern backyard.
Mekong: riding dragon or hugging panda?
Do all six countries who share the Mekong River share the same spirit of camaraderie? For answers, look to today’s 2nd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Summit.
Thai junta stakes legacy on industrial plan
Thailand’s military junta is staking its legacy on a plan to direct more than $45bn of investment into three eastern seaboard provinces.