Laos makes moves on building Mekong dams
Even as its controversial Xayaburi Dam project is still drawing protest from Mekong river downstream countries such as Cambodia, Laos has inked a deal with South Korean firms to build and operate another large hydropower plant on the Mekong River network. According to the Phnom Penh Post, the contracts are reportedly worth US$1 billion and would build three dams on two tributaries of the Se Kong River, which flows into the Mekong River. …
