The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River ... regions. The dam near Luang Prabang - both a World Heritage ...

In Chiang Khan, a picturesque Thai tourist town bordering the Mekong River ... and a third, the Luang Prabang Dam, is under construction. The debt-ridden government of Laos claims that their ...