Supported by Cambodia, Vietnam argued that construction should be deferred for 10 years pending further study of the downstream impacts of the dam. Thailand’s representatives squirmed uneasily.

In the far southwest of China, plans to build massive reservoirs as part of hydroelectric dam projects have condemned dozens ...

People-to-people exchange has long served as a vital bridge between Vietnam and China, forming a strong social foundation for ...

In response to a request from Vietnam, China is discharging water from a dam in ... China opened its first large dam on the Lancang, the Manwan in Yunnan, in 1994, and added the Dachaoshan dam in ...

When China built the Xiaowan Dam on the upper reaches of the Mekong, 35,000 Chinese were moved, he said. “Progress,” he said, using a Chinese idiom, “means eating bitterness.” River of Life ...

China Huaneng Group, a large Chinese state-owned electricity generation company, built and operates the dam. Cambodia’s Royal Group and Vietnam’s state-owned electricity company, EVN, hold ...

China’s dams have given it extensive control of the waters that flow down to Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, which have long depended on the river for agriculture and fisheries.

An aerial view of the dam at the Jinghong Hydropower Station on the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the Mekong River, in Jinghong city, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China ...

And it has reduced water flow along the Mekong River through upstream dam construction in China, Cambodia, and Laos. Nonetheless, Vietnam’s leaders have maintained high-level dialogues with Beijing in ...

After years of speculation, China last month announced it would build what it described as the world’s largest hydropower dam in its Tibet region—a $137-billion megaproject nearly three times ...

If correct, then the Medog dam will be shorter than the 116-m Zangmu dam — also a run-of-the-river project — built further upstream on Yarlung Tsangpo, and commissioned in 2015. Unique bend ...