Category Archives: VN politics

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Thai firm says Xayaburi project has begun The controversial Xayaburi hydro-electric dam project in northern Laos may have already begun, despite countries, including Cambodia, requesting further studies to assess possible negative effects on Lower Mekong communities. According to a statement … Continue reading

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50 Years, and three generations, of Agent Orange

50 Years of Agent Orange From 1961 to 1971, approximately 19 million gallons of herbicides, primarily Agent Orange, were sprayed over the southern region of Vietnam. Much of it was contaminated with dioxin, a deadly chemical. Dioxin causes various forms … Continue reading

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Xayaburi is a Yet Another Thai Dam… built in Lao

18 September Ch Karnchang, backed by the Royal Thai Army and its pathetic Lao puppets, declares war on Cambodia and Vietnam The dam proposed for the Mekong at Xayaburi is a Thai dam which lies within the jurisdiction of a … Continue reading

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The Undead, nearly fifty years later.

9 December US welcomes delay on Laos dam> The United States welcomed on Thursday a delay by Southeast Asian nations on approving a controversial hydropower dam in Laos, voicing fear about the environmental effects for the Mekong River. Hypocrisy as … Continue reading

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Communists come through!

Dam project delayed LAOS April 20, 2011 Laos last night agreed to delay construction of a $US3.8 billion hydropower dam because of concerns among neighbouring Mekong River countries that the project would disrupt fish catches and rice production downstream. Officials … Continue reading

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“any one member can go ahead with a project if it wants”

The public be dammed An investigation by the Bangkok Post Sunday which visited the area surrounding the Xayaburi dam on the Lower Mekong River last week found major road works under construction and villagers preparing to be relocated. Several of … Continue reading

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A project of Thai capitalists and the corrupt ‘communist’ regime in the Plutocrats’ Democratic Republic of Lao

6 December Thailand’s Role in the Xayaburi Dam Thailand’s fingerprints are all over the dam Laos is intent on building the dam, the first of nine it envisions for the Mekong River. But Thailand is also a major accomplice in … Continue reading

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