20 Aug 2014 - 10:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
Laos has halted construction of the $720 million USD, 260-megawatt Don Sahong hydropower project along the lower Mekong River, complying with requests from other Lower Mekong nations, newly-designated Laotian Ambassador to Cambodia Prasith Sayasith said this week.