(October 1, 2000) The Government of Viet Nam has formally advised ADB that it no longer requires ADB’s assistance to proceed with the Se San 3 Hydropower project.

(September 11, 2000) Dam tragedy fuels downstream objections. Reports of at least five drownings as a result of massive flooding caused by Vietnam’s second largest hydro dam have prompted the Asian Development Bank to postpone financing of another dam on the same river.

(June 13, 2000) We see the disasters caused by ADB funding and loan conditions that cause severe impacts on poor people, farmers, labourers, and the resources of the country.

(May 12, 2000) More than 1,000 people met in the Thai city of Chiang Mai prior to the annual general meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to protest against ADB projects and to highlight the bank’s undemocratic methods of operating.

(May 9, 2000) The anti-Asian Development Bank protest dispersed yesterday afternoon without violence, a few hours after the bank’s 33rd annual meeting closed.

(May 8, 2000) A long police line seals the entrance to a Chiang Mai hotel as activists protest against the ADB meeting yesterday. Talks to set criteria, but NGOs sceptical.

(May 4, 2000) For the past 40 years, countless farm families in Thailand have lost their lands, livelihoods and health through various mega-projects funded by multilateral development banks, including the ADB. But the ADB’s latest scheme to impose water charges on poor farmers is the last straw.