BANGKOK (AP) — Laos has quietly begun work on the first dam across the lower Mekong River even before a four-nation meeting to decide on the project that has roused critics ranging from a U.S. senator to the country's closest ally, Vietnam, an environmental group said Sunday.
The governments of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand are scheduled to meet Tuesday to officially decide whether to construct the $3.5 billion, 1,260 megawatt Xayaburi dam in northern Laos.
But reports say Laos is already moving ahead on the project.
"We have been informed by local people that a road is being built as preparation for work on the Xayaburi dam. We have heard about this for some …
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