The dam, able to produce 920 megawatts of electricity, hopes to sell 95% of its supply to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). Cross-border impacts of the proposed dam are ...

The Lao government’s determination to plow ahead with construction of the controversial US$3.5-billion Xayaburi hydropower dam in northern Laos puts the mighty Mekong River’s spectacular biodiversity, ...

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River. UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the ...

ALBAWABA - In Laos, near the historic town of Luang Prabang, a large dam is being constructed on the Mekong river. Critics are concerned that this $3 billion hydroelectric project will change the ...

Hundreds of people are missing and several others confirmed dead after a hydroelectric dam project in southern Laos collapsed late Monday following days of heavy rains, state media said.

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Switzerland is providing more than US$5.2 million to support dam safety technical and institutional assistance in Laos. A Memorandum of Understanding ...

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River. UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the ...

Five more dams are under construction in China. Downstream, in Laos and Cambodia, 11 major dams—the first on the main stem of the lower Mekong—are either proposed or already being built.

BANGKOK--Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected to start later this year, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday.

The December 2011 ministerial-level meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) agreed to delay a decision on building the Xayaburi dam pending further studies on the impacts of the controversial ...

Taking advantage of its mountainous topography and the Mekong River flowing through the country, Laos has extensively developed its hydropower capacity. As of 2021, the country has 78 operational ...