Last month, the Mekong River Commission announced the commencement of Prior Consultation for Luang Prabang, the fifth lower Mekong mainstream dam to undergo the process.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a major shift in perspective, the Government is viewing small scale projects as the best, most sustainable way of tapping the nation’s hydropower potential.

VietNamNet Bridge – Infrastructure Development Investment Joint Stock Company under the Ministry of Construction is working on plans to transfer Dak Mi 4 and 4C hydropower plants to Dak Mi Hydropower Plant Joint Stock Company

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The central region and Central Highlands are home to about 200 hydropower plants which have caused negative impacts on the environment and the community.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Anh Dung, deputy director of the General Department of Industrial Safety Technique and Environment Agency, discussed the current policies on hydropower dams with Nhan Dan Newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Save the Mekong Coalition has written to the government leaders of the nations in the Mekong River basin to cancel 11 hydropower projects in the Lower Mekong mainstream,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) will have to replant around 9,660 hectares of forest to compensate for the areas of forest it has chopped down to make room for its hydropower plants.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydropower projects with capacity of less than 50 MW are put under the jurisdiction of provinces for assessment and licensing but the capacity of provincial officials is still weak,

After Dak Lak, Gia Lai and Phu Yen provinces decided to discontinue hydropower projects, Kon Tum Province in the central highlands of Vietnam has followed suit and decided against any further hydropower projects.