(February 17, 2000) Fiona Miller explains how the implementation of the programme will multiply the environmental problems confronting people living in the Mekong Delta.

(February 17, 2000) About 300 angry people from the Forum of the Poor set fire to traditional fishing gear outside the Unctad venue yesterday in protest against the World Bank’s funding of dam construction.

(February 14, 2000) Sustainable water management in the Mekong River Basin, and protection for the environment, aquatic life, and the ecological balance of the basin is receiving an $11 million influx of funding from the Global Environment Facility. The project aims to bring the four downstream nations together for improved and sustainable basin management.

(February 14, 2000) The World Bank announced Monday that it has approved a Global Environment Facility grant of 11 million U.S. dollars to support the Mekong River Commission ( MRC) in promoting and improving sustainable water management in the Mekong River Basin, as well as protecting the environment, aquatic life, and the ecological balance of the region. The MRC is an inter-governmental organization of the four lower Mekong Basin states: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

(February 12, 2000) After two years of delay, GMS Power Co aims to kick-start its Nam Ngum III hydropower project in Laos and is looking for foreign partners and financing with the hope of beginning construction early next year.

(February 5, 2000) Last Monday, 31 January 2000, World Bank Thai Country Director, Mr. J. Shivakumar, together with representatives from the World Bank’s Thailand Country Department, visited Mae Mun Man Yuen 1, the protest village established at the Pak Mun dam site.