(March 28, 2002) The billion dollar Son La dam proposed for the Da River west of Hanoi has caused heated debate over safety fears and the need to relocate a large number of mainly ethnic minority people.

(March 26, 2002) Management of the Asian Development Bank stand accused of violating their own funding policies, guidelines on the environment and denying residents, affected by the wastewater scheme, access to vital information.

(March 23, 2002) Ten major domestic corporations to take part in new projects for the construction of three key hydroelectric power plants in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

(March 22, 2002) The six Southeast Asian countries that share the waters of the Mekong River risk being swept into a regional conflict if their governments ignore the flash points that have surfaced and do not coordinate actions that affect the river, experts say.

(March 16, 2002) The water level of the Mekong river has reached a record low partly because the spillways of a Chinese dam were closed to prepare for rock blasting on the banks of the river.

(March 16, 2002) A plan to remove obstructing river reefs will clear the way for more trade between China, Burma, Laos and Thailand but there could be a downside, say some.

(March 1, 2002) A public debate on the future of electricity in Thailand demands more accountability and vision from the country’s power monopolies.

(March 1, 2002) The experience in privatisation in other countries is relevant to Thailand says Uta Collier from World Wide Fund for Nature (UK) and Gráinne Ryder of Canadian nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Probe International, speakers at the 2002 People’s Perspectives conference.