Laos halts construction project of controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam: envoy

19 August 2014
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Laos has suspended the construction project of controversial 260-megawatt Don Sahong hydropower dam on the lower Mekong River following requests from other countries, newly-designated Laos ambassador to Cambodia Prasith Sayasith said Tuesday. ...

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