14 Mar 2012 - 08:19 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
vientiane, laos
Tensions are rising again over the proposed Thai-funded Xayaburi Dam project in Laos.
Last December in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the Mekong River Commission Council, representing Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, debated the 1,260-megawatt dam’s future. Delegates decided that a fuller study of the dam’s impact was needed before further development.