This file aerial photo taken on Oct 31, 2019 shows the Mekong River in Pak Chom district in the northeastern Thai province of Loei, with Laos seen at left. Environmentalists on May 12, 2020 decried the Laos government's decision to press ahead with another dam on the Mekong River, a waterway already strangled by hydropower schemes. - AFP
BANGKOK (Reuters): Laos is pushing ahead with a hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries over its potential to harm fisheries and farming downstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Wednesday.
The 1,400-megawatt (MW) Luang Prabang project will be Laos's third and largest dam on the river, with construction originally set to begin this year.
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