April 16, 2011
Mekong Delta fertility at risk, experts warn, as they reiterate calls to cancel plans to build the Xayaburi Dam in Laos A farmer feeds his cows on a dry riverbank in the Mekong Delta. Environmentalists have called for the cancellation of the first dam planned on the lower reaches of the Mekong River, saying [...]
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May 26, 2009
A portion of a dike seriously eroded in the Mekong Deltaâs Bac Lieu Province in February. Dams built upstream on the Mekong River will kill the fish, limit silt and cut off a major water source for agriculture in Vietnam and other downstream nations, experts warn. As part of a series of eight dams on [...]
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