Laos has one goal – to become the hydroelectric battery of Asia, a fast developing and extremely power-hungry region. But what will be the impact for the 90% of Laotians who live in the Mekong river’s basin?
Laos has one goal – to become the hydroelectric battery of Asia, a fast developing and extremely power-hungry region. But what will be the impact for the 90% of Laotians who live in the Mekong river’s basin?
Planned dam infrastructure threatens the Khone Falls, the only major drop in elevation along the Mekong River and a traditionally important center for the fishing industry in Laos.
This film is part of the Mekong Diaries series; Goodmorningbeautiful travelled the length of the Mekong, the world’s last wild great river, as the forces of development change it forever.
On the banks of the Mekong in the capital of Laos in Vientiane, people lives are intimately connected to the river.