Pak Lay News Today

Laos’ younger population could help fill the worker gap next door while its own economy sputters.

Hydroelectric dams along the Mekong River have interrupted the river's flow, causing serious damage to the complex ecosystems

Phou Ngoy Dam is the seventh of nine major dams being built on the Mekong River by Laos

Affected residents of Laos and Thailand have had little say in the planning process.

Affected residents of Laos and Thailand have had little say in the planning process.

Mekong civil society groups are urging the governments of Thailand and Cambodia to shift their Mekong River policy towards protecting ecosystems and promoting environmental justice.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) decided recently to impose a single electricity bill rate during May to August.

The Third Pole speaks with Anoulak Kittikhoun, chief executive of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat, at the organisation's summit in Vientiane

News of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) signing a power purchase deal for the planned Pak Lay dam in Laos last week almost slipped under the radar, such is the media attention lavished on the government's preparations for the next poll.

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.