Thursday, December 08, 2011

Mekong nations meet on controversial Laos dam

PHNOM PENH, December 8, 2011 (AFP) - Energy-starved Laos sought the green light from Southeast Asian neighbours on Thursday for a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River that faces fierce opposition from conservationists.

The landlocked nation held high-level talks with Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam -- the three other members of the Mekong River Commission -- in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap to discuss the $3.8 billion Xayaburi project.

Activists warn that the vast 1,260 megawatt dam in Laos, the first of 11 planned for the mainstream lower Mekong, could spell disaster for the roughly 60 million people who depend on the waterway.


Thailand, which has agreed to purchase some 95 percent of the electricity generated by the dam, had already indicated that it would not oppose the project at Thursday's meeting of environment ministers.

But Vietnam and Cambodia, wary of the dam's impact on their farm and fishing industries, have expressed strong concern and are calling for more studies to be carried out before it is allowed to go ahead.

Vietnam has even proposed a 10-year moratorium on all hydro-electric projects on the lower Mekong.

Despite such worries, any decision made at Thursday's meeting will not be legally binding on Laos.

The tiny country is one of the poorest in the world and sees hydropower as vital to its potential future as the "battery of Southeast Asia", selling electricity to its more industrialised neighbours Vietnam and Thailand.

In response to criticism of the project, Laos in May said it had suspended work on Xayaburi and commissioned a new review.

Last week, Laos indicated it should be allowed to go ahead, as "this dam will not impact countries in the lower Mekong River basin", deputy minister of energy and mines Viraphon Viravong told the official Vientiane Times.

Cambodia said this was not enough and called for further examination of cross-border impacts of the multi-billion-dollar project before a final decision is made.

Environmentalists have warned that damming the main stream of the river would trap vital nutrients, increase algae growth and prevent dozens of species of migratory fish swimming upstream to spawning grounds.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ហួសពេលហើយខ្មែរល្ងង់ខ្លៅឯងរាល់គ្នា!
សរសេរខ្មែរក៏មឹនគ្រប់ជ្រុង សរសេរអងគ្លេស
ក៏មឹនគ្រប់ជ្រុង...មានតែធ្វើខ្ញុំកញ្ជះយួនប៉ុណ្ណោះ

Your dumb Khmer Kings are worthless..

Hun Sèn will be irrelevant in the very near future and there will be more and brighter Viet-Khmer/Khmer-Viet smarter ones to lead Viet-Cambodia...

«Vos ignorants Khmers, qu'est-ce-que vous allez faire à part d'être l'esclave des Viets!?»

We, Viet, have been doing everything we can to spare some of you dumb Khmer left over from the exceptionally-planned Killing Field...

The past is history...The winner always makes and rewrites history...

We, Viet, have been doing just that...and there is nothing you dumb Khmer can do about it! What was Khmer's is now Viet's...and it remains that way for all of you dumb khmer's life time

Let me tell you something else:

GOD already knows, dumb Khmer is hopeless. We, Viet, are already controlling Viet-Cambodia from top to bottom, from the Senate to the farm land...

Viet is everywhere in Viet-Cambodia from farmer to technician, from nurse to doctor, from firefighter to engineer, from rubber plantation owner/worker to Hun Sen's political advisor and bodyguards including Angkor Wat's owner...You all name it and Viet is there...Khmer doesn't do squat besides getting addicted to Viet's ass in Viet-Cambodia, even foreigners are enjoying it nicely and quietly too...

Once again, whether or not all you dumb Khmer surrender yourselves to Viet, Khmer is now deep-rooted Viet, and irreversibly so already.

Challenge me if all of you dumb Khmer can. We have millions of us (legally the majority thanks to that dumb Hun Sen) that will vote for Viet-Khmer candidate legally and democratically forever, even the outside world would support and agree and as a matter of factly, there is not much the outside world can do about it...

How Sam Raingsy and/or any of your worthless so-called dumb heroe(s) including the stupid dumb king Sihanouk of yours that just wants to reign and rule plan to win Cambodia back? The Federation of Indochina under Viet's protectorate is here to stay on this planet earth for real. How do all of you dumb Khmer think or plan to de-vietnamize it???

KRT is just a show to entertain the world. We, Viet, are that good and smart.

Can Khmer put up the second Killing fields to get rid of millions of legal Viet-Khmer citizen now like we, Viet, did?

Okay you dumb Khmer - put it up or shut up while we, Viet, are domesticating you for the bright future of the Federation of Indochina!

It's all too late for you dumb Khmer already!!!

Ms. Soap

P.s Think about how all of our Viet-Khmer/Khmer-Viet offsprings/Half-breeds would look beautifully and be smart like in our Federation of Indochina???

តើខ្មែរអាចសំឡាប់ប្រជាជន យួន ខ្មែរ រាប់លាន
អ្នកបានដូចដែល វៀត ធ្វើនោះទេ?

ស្ដាប់ឮទេខ្មែរ ល្ងង់ខ្លៅ???

Once again, can Khmer put up the second Killing Field to get rid of millions of legal Viet-Khmer citizen now like we, Viet, did?

«Est-ce que vous m'entendez les ignorants Khmers?

Juste Pour me répéter:

Peut Khmer créer un deuxième «Killing Field» pour se débarasser des millions de Viet-Khmer qui sont maintenant les habitants légaux du Viet-Cambodge comme nous, les Viets, avions fait?»

KI-Media is yesterday news and ought to shut down for good or better yet, come kiss our Viet's ass now!

Our Viet's ass (80 millions) is resource #1. We defeated the French and the Americans just with our ass. We have suicidal commandoes to win the war. What do you dumb Khmer have? We, Viet, can let loose another million of our new fresh ass freely into Viet-Cambodia shortly...as per Hun Sen's agreement just to let him rule...

What can all of you dumb Khmer do to stop it?

«Vos ignorants Khmers, qu'est-ce-que vous allez faire à part d'être l'esclave des Viets!?»

តើខ្មែរល្ងង់ខ្លៅឯងធ្វើអីកើតទៅ ក្រៅពីធ្វើខ្ញុំយួន
នោះ???

Anonymous said...

DUMB, VIETCONGS/VIETNAMS, YOUR SMART IN THE BAD WAYS BY KILLING KHMERS PEOPLE AND TAKE OVER THEIR LANDS AND COUNTRY ETC. EVEN IN AMERICA, WHEN YOU (DUMB VIETCONGS), DO SOMETHING WRONGS.
1. YOU TELLING AMERICANS PEOPLE, YOU ARE KHMER/CAMBODIAN.
2 WHEN YOU (DUMB VIETCONGS) DO SOMETHING GOOD, YOU TELLING AMERICANS
PEOPLE, YOU ARE VIETNAMESE OR CHINESE.

DON'T LOOKS DOWN ON KHMERS PEOPLE AS YOU ARE SO DUMB TOO.


AND THE WORLD IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE NOW, MAYBE YOUR (DUMB EVILS VIETCONGS) GO TO HELL SOON.


STINKY LITTLE SAIGON,DOG EATER GOLDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA!!!