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Laos aims to build Mekong dam this year, testing neighbours
- 11 September 2011
- The Nation
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Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease ...
Cambodia, Thailand Will Likely Resume Talks on Offshore Oil and Gas
- 5 September 2011
- The Southeast Asia Weekly
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Cambodia’s and Thailand’s governments will likely resume negotiations on offshore drilling for oil and gas which will bring mutual benefits of the area of overlapping maritime claims after Cambodia gave the green light for issues before the visit of new Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul ...
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