Mekong Leaders Mostly Mum on Risks Tied to Intense Damming

13 April 2018
VOA
Hydropower dams / International relations / The Mekong
damming / Mekong leaders / Mekong River Commission / water policy / waterway

Presented with “frightening” possibilities due to intense damming, the leaders of the Mekong River Commission member countries gave little sign Thursday they had heeded calls to fundamentally rethink water policy for the shared waterway, with the exception of Vietnam.

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 David Boyle/Sun Narin

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