An artistic rendering of the proposed 1400 MW Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River in Laos is seen in this undated handout obtained by Reuters, February 5, 2020. Mekong River Commission and Government of Laos/Handout via REUTERS
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (Reuters) - On a wide bank of the Mekong River, yellow markers and visits by surveyors show preparations underway to build Laos' third and largest dam on Southeast Asia's most vital waterway.
About an hour downstream, in the laid-back tourist centre of Luang Prabang, the dam's developers heard this week from citizens groups arguing for a delay to the 1,400-megawatt (MW) hydropower project.
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