(November 14, 2007) Environmentalists slammed the Mekong River Commission yesterday for failing to protect the waterway. They called for higher moral standards and transparency at the intergovernmental organisation.

(November 13, 2007) Six proposed dams on the Mekong River could displace up to 75,000 villagers and harm hundreds of species like the endangered giant catfish and Irrawaddy dolphin, conservationists warned Tuesday.

(November 13, 2007) The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has not stopped six dam projects from moving ahead on the river despite unanswered questions about the environmental and social impact of the schemes, say environmental and civil society groups.

(November 12, 2007) More than 200 civil and environmental groups from 30 countries, including Probe International, call on the Mekong River Commission to live up to its mandate to protect the Mekong River or risk losing its donor funding.

(October 11, 2007) French-owned Alstom Hydro recently signed a contract to supply turbines to Yunnan Lancangjiang Hydro Development Company, as part of a US$284 million deal with Chinese power companies.

(September 8, 2007) http://www.bangkokpost.com/

(September 7, 2007) http://www.irrawaddy.org

(September 1, 2007) See this slide show presented to the River Symposium in Brisbane, Australia.

(July 1, 2007) Review of Electricity of Vietnam’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Cambodian Part of the Se San River due to Hydropower Development in Vietnam, prepared for NGO Forum on Cambodia.

(June 11, 2007) Cambodia’s National Assembly discussed concerns about Vietnam’s Yali dam at a recent meeting to approve a new water resources bill, the Phnom Penh-based newspaper, Cambodia Daily has reported.

(June 5, 2007) NORAD responds to Compliance Review of the SIDA-funded Environmental Impact Assessment on the Cambodian side of the Sre Pok River due to hydropower development in Vietnam.

(June 4, 2007) SIDA responds to Compliance Review of the SIDA-funded Environmental Impact Assessment on the Cambodian side of the Sre Pok River due to hydropower development in Vietnam.

(July 4, 2007) New reservoirs could produce toxic algae for 5 to 10 years.

(July 2, 2007) Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and the China National Technical Export and Import Corporation (CNTIC) have signed an agreement under which CNTIC will supply various equipment worth US$40.2M to the Serepok 3 hydroelectric power plant in northern Vietnam.