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Showing posts with label Se San River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Se San River. Show all posts
Friday, December 05, 2008
Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Se San River
Click on the poem in Khmer above to zoom inCartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)
Friday, November 02, 2007
VN Westward movement: VN pushes for cross border projects along the Se San, Srepok, and Sekong rivers in Laos and Cambodia
Nation to boost co-operation in Mekong region
November 1, 2007
VNA (Hanoi)
November 1, 2007
VNA (Hanoi)
The Vietnam National Mekong Committee plans to focus its 2008 activities on boosting co-operation in the Mekong region, implementing programmes within the Mekong River Commission Council.
The plan was announced at the plenary session of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee in the central highlands province of Kon Tum on November 1.
Co-operation programmes planned to be enhanced cover the use of water, environment, flood control, water way transport, Asian Development Bank and World Bank-supported co-operation projects between Vietnam and Cambodia in the Mekong Delta.
The committee also plans to build cross border projects in the Mekong Delta and boost co-operation with Cambodia and Laos in the basins of Se San, Serepok and Se Kong rivers, Mekong River ’s tributaries, and design development planning for the basin.
In 2007, Vietnam was President of the Council for Mekong River Commission (MRC) and has been President of the MRC Joint Committee from July 1 2007-June 30 2008.
The plan was announced at the plenary session of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee in the central highlands province of Kon Tum on November 1.
Co-operation programmes planned to be enhanced cover the use of water, environment, flood control, water way transport, Asian Development Bank and World Bank-supported co-operation projects between Vietnam and Cambodia in the Mekong Delta.
The committee also plans to build cross border projects in the Mekong Delta and boost co-operation with Cambodia and Laos in the basins of Se San, Serepok and Se Kong rivers, Mekong River ’s tributaries, and design development planning for the basin.
In 2007, Vietnam was President of the Council for Mekong River Commission (MRC) and has been President of the MRC Joint Committee from July 1 2007-June 30 2008.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
VN Yali Falls dam pushes Cambodian indigenous communities out to safer, higher ground
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Report: Northeast Cambodians Abandon Riverside Homes for Safer, Higher Ground15 October 2007
NGO Forum on Cambodia
Ratanakiri: More than 3,500 dam-affected people in northeastern Cambodia have abandoned their riverside villages and moved upland, according to research conducted by 17 community-based researchers with technical support by the 3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN) in Ratanakiri province.
3SPN researchers found that 722 households from 17 villages along the Se San River have resettled upland – without government or donor assistance – to escape damaging floods and erratic river conditions caused by upstream dam operations in Vietnam.
“We published this study to educate government authorities and international donor agencies about the difficult life imposed on indigenous communities since Vietnam built the Yali Falls dam in 1993,” says Meach Mean, Acting Coordinator of 3SPN.
The 720 mega-watt Yali Falls dam is the first and largest of four hydro dams built on the upper Se San by Electricity of Vietnam.
“Abandoned Villages Along the Se San River in Ratanakiri Province, Northeastern Cambodia” was prepared by local researchers from three of the eight indigenous groups living along the Se San in Cambodia. The report highlights villagers’ perspectives on how the Se San has changed in the last decade and what compelled them to abandon their riverside homes:
Since dam construction upstream, the river is no longer a reliable source of fish and water for irrigating rice and dry season crops, Mr. Roman Mal, a Jarai Village Chief of Dal Pok village, explains: “Villagers have lost their hopes and dependencies on this river, because nearly all of the river resources are gone.”
Mr. Pous Pin, a Brao villager from Ta Veng district stated: “We moved our village away from the riverbank because we no longer could cultivate rice in our Chamkars (farm land) along the Se San River which flooded every year and because so many people and animals have died (from the floods).”
“Everyday, both during the day and at night, I live with fear of severe water fluctuations and of the dam breaking. I cannot sleep well at night. I often get up and go to see the river late at night because I fear a water surge may come,” said Mrs. Romas Veun, a Jarai villager from Pi village who has recently built a house away from the river for shelter in an emergency.
Earlier this year, Electricity of Vietnam released an assessment of the downstream impacts of Se San hydro development but the report – prepared by Nordic engineering consultants SWECO Grøner – provides no information about the villagers’ move upland nor does it recommend compensation for damages caused by EVN dams.
3SPN is a local organization working with communities affected by hydropower development in Vietnam and Lao PDR on the Se San, Srepok and Sekong rivers in northeastern Cambodia.
For more information:
Contact: Meach Mean, Acting Coordinator, 3SPN, sesan@camshin.net or at +855 (0) 11214752, or Ngy San, Deputy Director, NGO Forum on Cambodia, san@ngoforum.org.kh or at +855 (0) 12802290.
Hard copies of the report can be requested from 3SPN at sesan@camshin.net. The electronic report is available in English and Khmer at NGO Forum on Cambodia’s website by clicking here.
3SPN researchers found that 722 households from 17 villages along the Se San River have resettled upland – without government or donor assistance – to escape damaging floods and erratic river conditions caused by upstream dam operations in Vietnam.
“We published this study to educate government authorities and international donor agencies about the difficult life imposed on indigenous communities since Vietnam built the Yali Falls dam in 1993,” says Meach Mean, Acting Coordinator of 3SPN.
The 720 mega-watt Yali Falls dam is the first and largest of four hydro dams built on the upper Se San by Electricity of Vietnam.
“Abandoned Villages Along the Se San River in Ratanakiri Province, Northeastern Cambodia” was prepared by local researchers from three of the eight indigenous groups living along the Se San in Cambodia. The report highlights villagers’ perspectives on how the Se San has changed in the last decade and what compelled them to abandon their riverside homes:
Since dam construction upstream, the river is no longer a reliable source of fish and water for irrigating rice and dry season crops, Mr. Roman Mal, a Jarai Village Chief of Dal Pok village, explains: “Villagers have lost their hopes and dependencies on this river, because nearly all of the river resources are gone.”
Mr. Pous Pin, a Brao villager from Ta Veng district stated: “We moved our village away from the riverbank because we no longer could cultivate rice in our Chamkars (farm land) along the Se San River which flooded every year and because so many people and animals have died (from the floods).”
“Everyday, both during the day and at night, I live with fear of severe water fluctuations and of the dam breaking. I cannot sleep well at night. I often get up and go to see the river late at night because I fear a water surge may come,” said Mrs. Romas Veun, a Jarai villager from Pi village who has recently built a house away from the river for shelter in an emergency.
Earlier this year, Electricity of Vietnam released an assessment of the downstream impacts of Se San hydro development but the report – prepared by Nordic engineering consultants SWECO Grøner – provides no information about the villagers’ move upland nor does it recommend compensation for damages caused by EVN dams.
3SPN is a local organization working with communities affected by hydropower development in Vietnam and Lao PDR on the Se San, Srepok and Sekong rivers in northeastern Cambodia.
For more information:
Contact: Meach Mean, Acting Coordinator, 3SPN, sesan@camshin.net or at +855 (0) 11214752, or Ngy San, Deputy Director, NGO Forum on Cambodia, san@ngoforum.org.kh or at +855 (0) 12802290.
Hard copies of the report can be requested from 3SPN at sesan@camshin.net. The electronic report is available in English and Khmer at NGO Forum on Cambodia’s website by clicking here.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Whether Cambodians want it or not, Electiricity of Vietnam is settling in Cambodia with the blessing of Hun Sen's regime
EVN to build two Cambodian plants
15-09-2007
VNS (Hanoi)
15-09-2007
VNS (Hanoi)
HA NOI — Electricity of Viet Nam officially announced on Wednesday that it will begin construction of two hydroelectric plants in Cambodia using investment capital totalling US$600 million.
A new joint stock company, EVN Cambodia JSC, was established to help implement the two projects, and the company plans to establish two subsidiaries in Cambodia to help mobilise capital, according to Lam Du Son, EVN’s deputy director.
Son also commented that, despite the plant construction being their first foreign investment project, the company was sufficiently qualified both technologically and financially to back the Cambodia project.
In addition to constructing, managing and operating the two hydroelectric plants, EVN Cambodia and its subsidiaries will also take part in other projects across Cambodia. These projects may involve electricity, business, forestry, or mine exploitation, among other things.
According to a memorandum of understanding signed between EVN and Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry and Mine and Energy on June 15, 2007, the EVN will have completed its feasibility study on the two hydroelectric projects by 2009.
Subsequently, the two plants will be finished within five years, and they will be put into operation in 2014.
The capacity of the first plant will total 90 mW and the second plant 400 MW. Together they will generate about 2 billion kW of power every year, which will be used in Cambodia and Viet Nam.
The plants stand to greatly benefit both Cambodia and Viet Nam by making use of the water force of Sesan River running through Viet Nam and Cambodia, Son said. He added that the plants would also benefit irrigation and flood prevention.
The construction of these two plants is part of the co-operation commitment in the areas of economics, culture, science, and technology between the two countries’ governments. The commitments were officially signed in August between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Nam Hong, in Phnom Penh.
A new joint stock company, EVN Cambodia JSC, was established to help implement the two projects, and the company plans to establish two subsidiaries in Cambodia to help mobilise capital, according to Lam Du Son, EVN’s deputy director.
Son also commented that, despite the plant construction being their first foreign investment project, the company was sufficiently qualified both technologically and financially to back the Cambodia project.
In addition to constructing, managing and operating the two hydroelectric plants, EVN Cambodia and its subsidiaries will also take part in other projects across Cambodia. These projects may involve electricity, business, forestry, or mine exploitation, among other things.
According to a memorandum of understanding signed between EVN and Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry and Mine and Energy on June 15, 2007, the EVN will have completed its feasibility study on the two hydroelectric projects by 2009.
Subsequently, the two plants will be finished within five years, and they will be put into operation in 2014.
The capacity of the first plant will total 90 mW and the second plant 400 MW. Together they will generate about 2 billion kW of power every year, which will be used in Cambodia and Viet Nam.
The plants stand to greatly benefit both Cambodia and Viet Nam by making use of the water force of Sesan River running through Viet Nam and Cambodia, Son said. He added that the plants would also benefit irrigation and flood prevention.
The construction of these two plants is part of the co-operation commitment in the areas of economics, culture, science, and technology between the two countries’ governments. The commitments were officially signed in August between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Nam Hong, in Phnom Penh.
Monday, August 20, 2007
EVN inked MoU for feasibility study on 2 Se San river hydroelectric power plants
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007
The Saigon Times
The Saigon Times
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has inked with Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy a memorandum of understanding to conduct pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for two hydropower plants in Cambodia. The 90-MW Se San 1 and 420-MW Se San 2 power stations will be built downstream of the Se San River in Ratanakiri province, Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam reports.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
VN to help Cambodia with power projects, or will it help destroy Cambodia's Se San River environment?
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Vietnam firm to help Cambodia with power projects
Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)
Vietnam firm to help Cambodia with power projects
Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) group will undertake a feasibility study for the construction of two hydropower plants in Cambodia‘s Ratanakiri and Kratie provinces.
An agreement to the effect was signed in Phnom Penh Friday by EVN deputy general director Lam Du Son and Khlaut Randy, Cambodia’s Secretary of State, Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy.
EVN will carry out surveys for the proposed projects – Low Se San 1 (90 MW) and Low Se San 2 (420 MW) – on the Se San River in the northwestern region.
The plants are expected to meet the increasing demand for power in Cambodia’s remote areas and also supply to Viet Nam.
An agreement to the effect was signed in Phnom Penh Friday by EVN deputy general director Lam Du Son and Khlaut Randy, Cambodia’s Secretary of State, Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy.
EVN will carry out surveys for the proposed projects – Low Se San 1 (90 MW) and Low Se San 2 (420 MW) – on the Se San River in the northwestern region.
The plants are expected to meet the increasing demand for power in Cambodia’s remote areas and also supply to Viet Nam.
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