A fisherman is seen on the Mekong river bank outside Nong Khai, Thailand on Jan 10, 2020. - Reuters
PHNOM PENH (Reuters): Electricity-starved Cambodia will not develop new hydropower dams on the Mekong River for the next 10 years, a senior energy official said on Wednesday (March 18), as it reviews its policy to seek energy from coal, natural gas and solar.
The decision means that neighbouring Laos, which has opened two new dams on the mainstream Mekong in the past six months, is the only country in the Lower Mekong Basin planning hydropower on the river that sustains some 60 million people.
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