December 12, 2009
Numerous hydroelectric plants built in the central and Central Highlands regions have made floods in the storm-hit area more serious, experts say. The Binh Dien Hydropower Plant in Thua Thien-Hue Province. Instead of helping curb flooding in the region, experts say the plants often exacerbate the problem. (Photo: SGGP)Along the upper reaches of Binh Dinh [...]
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November 16, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – With five hydro-power projects that seriously harm the Song Thanh nature reserve already, Quang Nam province has refused four other projects for problems with investment and feasibility. A big hydropower plant which is being built in the upstreams of Thu Bon river. Quang Nam Vice-Chairman Dinh Van Thu argued that the five projects [...]
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November 3, 2009
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant project in Kon Tum Province Vast areas of forests are being sacrificed in the central region and the Central Highlands to build hundreds of hydropower plants, and experts are warning of serious environmental and social consequences. A total of 60 large-scale hydropower plants of between [...]
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October 18, 2009
Water is released at the reservoir of the A Vuong hydro power plant A hydroelectric plant in the central province of Quang Nam released water without warning, making it impossible for the province to take timely measures against flooding, a senior official said on Friday. However, whether the discharge from the A Vuong Hydroelectric Plant [...]
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October 10, 2009
Typhoon Ketsana has revealed shoddy construction in Da Nang and flushed huge quanties of illegally harvested timber downriver in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces, VietNamNet and Tuoi Tre report. A piece of broken embankment on Nguyen Tat Thanh Road, Da Nang City. Weak walls no match for storm Typhoon Ketsana has seriously damaged Nguyen Tat Thanh [...]
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October 6, 2009
Residents of Dai Cuong commune in Quang Nam Province salvage logs from Vu Gia River Tree trunks and sawn logs washed down in the floods in central Vietnam caused by Typhoon Ketsana have jammed rivers and buried floodplains in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces. On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people came from near and [...]
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August 22, 2009
Construction of the Dak Mi 4 Hydroelectricity Plant project in the central province of Quang Nam The Ministry of Industry and Trade has rejected a petition by the Da Nang municipal Peopleâs Committee to halt construction of a power plant opponents say would deny the central city much-needed fresh water. In a statement rejecting the [...]
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July 26, 2009
Dak Mi 4 Hydroelectricity Plantâs main dam under construction on the Vu Gia River in Quang Nam Province Da Nang authorities will ask the government to delay the construction of a controversial hydropower plant in the central region due to fears that it would affect lowland water supplies, an official has said. Huynh Van Thang, [...]
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July 17, 2009
The authorities of the central city of Da Nang are worried that the Dak Mi case will prolong because the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) hasn’t set a deadline for the evaluation of the case. The dam of Dak Mi hydro-power plant. Hydropower projects drying up Central Vietnam’s water suppliesPower plants blamed for severe water [...]
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July 3, 2009
On the sidelines of a workshop on management of the Vu Gia – Tho Bon river basin organized by the Quang Nam provincial government on June 19, Ruth Matthews of the WWF talked about latent risks of hydro-power works. On the bank of Vu Gia River: If this river is out of water, local farmers [...]
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