Vietnam and Cambodia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
on studying the impacts that dams for hydro-electric power stations
have on the Mekong Delta, which sprawls across southern Vietnam and
Cambodia.
As part of a recent agreement between
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen,
the MoU was signed by the Vietnamese Minister for Natural Resources and
the Environment Nguyen Minh Quang and Cambodia ’s Minister of Water
Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor, in Phnom Penh on July 3.
Together with Laos , government and social
organisations plus scientists from all three countries will assess the
effects on the environment, the regional economy, local communities as
well as looking at ways to develop the area.
It will
be run by a steering committee and technical and advisory groups which
will share the data and research with the members of the International
Mekong River Commission.
Minister Quang said the
MoU lays an important foundation for more activities to boost solidarity
and protect and make the most of the River Mekong’s water resources.-VNA