A mother and child from Sop-hia village. They are two of thousands in the area of the Nakai Plateau who will be forced to move to make way for the $1.1 billion Nam Theun 2 dam, which is being built to ...
A hydroelectric dam collapsed in southeastern Laos, leaving an unknown number of people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. The official Lao news agency KPL said the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy ...
More than 10,000 people have been affected by a catastrophic dam collapse in southern Laos, according to figures published by the United Nations. An unknown number of houses were washed away in the ...
The World Bank’s decision to support the construction of the US$1.2 billion Nam Theun II hydropower dam in Laos poses a threat to the environment and people living in the region. Gland,Switzerland – ...
Massive flooding from a South Korean-constructed hydroelectric dam in Laos left several people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. Rescue efforts were underway as top government ...