Laos / key documents

International Rivers and Mekong Watch sent a letter on commercial operation of Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Lao PDR to the President of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank on March 26, 2010.

An assessment of the Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project’s compliance with Equator Principles and Lao law

Laos has declared it a national priority to catalyze the country's development through the rapid construction of large dams that export high-risk hydropower to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam.

International Rivers' briefing paper describing the Nam Theun 2 project, its unsettled questions and broken promises, at the time of reservoir filling.

The table below lists existing and planned large (greater than 10 MW) hydropower projects in Laos. The table is based on the Lao Government Department of Energy Promotion and Development's “Electric Power Plants in Laos as of January 2009”, available at:
http://www.poweringprogress.org/index.php?option=com_jotloader&task=file....

This document is updated regularly by  International Rivers and TERRA with new information from news reports, official project documents and other sources. Please send comments, questions or corrections to berklee [at] internationalrivers [dot] org and fer [at] terraper [dot] org.

Statement of Shannon Lawrence, International Rivers' Lao Program Director, at a press briefing in Bangkok.

Letter from International Rivers to the Lao Water Resources and Environment Agency (WREA) and the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) concerning implementation of the National Policy on the Environmental and Social Sustainability of the Hydropower Sector.

Map produced by TERRA based on Maunsell-Lahmeyer International Lao Power System Development Plan (2004), and updated by International Rivers with information from August 2007 Lao Power Development Plan.

Letter from IRN to Mr. Xaypaseuth Phomsoupha, Lao National Committee for Energy, regarding implementation of the National Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability of the Hydropower Sector. The letter also outlines concerns about the Nam Mang 3 and Houay Ho projects following IRN site visits.