The Dam Xayaburi and the Need to Review the 1995 Mekong River Basin Agreement
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Thi Thu Hoai Pham , Quang Vu Luu ,
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Abstract
This paper will review the development of Mekong hydropower, analyze the shortcomings of the Mekong Agreement and discuss the importance of change to the 1995 Agreement as appropriate solutions to this problem
Keywords
Mekong hydropower, the dam Xayaburi
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