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Schoolkids pay high price for hydro-power

VietNamNet Bridge – Nine-year-old Giap Van Dat and many other children from Dong Mam Village in northern Bac Giang Province don't play games going to school. Just getting there wears them out - twice a day.

Hydro-power dam broken in Central Highlands

This morning, June 12, a piece of the hydroelectric dam of Kre 2 in Ia Dom commune, Duc Co district of Gia Lai province was broken, causing flooding for tens of hectares of crops in the downstream region.

Lower sediment levels major concern for Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will spend US$6.3 million next year to examine the impacts of mainstream hydro-power on the downstream Mekong River.