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Mekong River is known as an international river of Asia passing through six countries, first
starting from China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. There are around 60
million resident depending on Mekong River area. Mekong River is daily life of many resident
in Mekong river area and countries lower Mekong River. By building a dam, there will be a
lot of impact such as flood, fishery, transportation and agriculture. Those impacts will
influence countries lower Mekong directly. Due to this problem Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos
dispute over the impact. However, Thai government decided to support the dam project. Some
developers of the dam project Laos in Mekong River are Thai companies. Thai government
agree to buy electricity from Lao’s dam project. In fact, Thai electricity is sufficient enough to
fulfil the energy need of the country. This undergraduate thesis will be explain why Thai
government support the project dam of Lao in Mekong River.
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