L A O SDAM PROJECTS

B y To u n g p o r n K l i n p o n g5 5 0 3 0 0 7 5 S e c t i o n 1

Mountain Forest

River

L A O S

Government Objective

Present Dams

Future Dam Projects

Dam Projects Impacts

O V E R V I E W

Government Objective

‘The battery of Southeast Asia’

LAOSTHAILAND

VIETNAM

Where to export

CAMBODIA

The Present Dams

23 hydroelectric power plants

Nam Theun 2 Dam

o Collaboration between Thai, Laos

and France

o First largest hydroelectric power

project which Thailand purchases

from Laos

28 billion baht

The Future Dam Projects

Around 144 future projects

Xayaburi Dam Project

o Currently under

construction

o Thai-Laos investment

cooperation

The Impacts of the Dam Projects

Good

Bad

Good impacts

Helps economy

Reaches the goal

Thailand gets benefits

Bad impacts

Destroys environment

Lack of clean water

Lack of food

Development or destruct ion?

C O N C L U S I O N

Government Objective

Present Dams

Future Dam Projects

Dam Projects Impacts

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