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Cooperation key to Mekong's use and protection

Vietnam Plus 09/07/2009
http://en.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Cooperation-key-to-Mekongs-use-and-protection/

Vietnam's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Dung has expressed his country's
wish for regional cooperation in the protection and exploitation of the Mekong
river.

Answering correspondents' queries about Vietnam's viewpoint on the dams
being built for hydro-electricity projects on the upper Mekong river,
Dung on July
9 said that "As a country located in the Mekong river sub-region, Vietnam is
concerned about information on the harmful impact exploitation has on the
river's flow and its ecological environment, particularly in countries along
the river's lower section."

Dung stressed that the Mekong is an international river so its exploitation
should take into account the interests of the countries through which it
passes, as well as issues related to the protection of environment,
water resource
management and the welfare of inhabitants.

According to Dung, Vietnam has been actively coordinating with member
countries of the Mekong River Commission to work out cooperation programmes and
projects in order to protect and find the best ways to use the natural
resources of
the river, especially the Mekong river's water itself.

" Vietnam hopes related countries will cooperate on these issues for their
mutual interests and to satisfy the demands for sustainable development of
all the countries in the river basin," Dung concluded./

 
 

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