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VIET ECOLOGY FOUNDATION Harmonizing the Web of Life. 4888 NW Bethany Blvd, Ste. K5232 Portland, OR 97229 – USA April 14, 2011 His Excellency Pich Dun, Interim CEO Mekong River Commission Subject: PNCPA Process Submittal Petition on Xayaburi Dam Your Excellency: Next week, the governments of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam will meet to decide whether to build the first dam on the lower Mekong mainstream – the Xayaburi Dam. This dam would devastate the river’s rich fisheries and directly impact millions of people. The consultants to the Mekong River Commission recommended in the 2010 Strategic Environmental Assessment that no dams should be constructed for 10 years and more study is needed. International scientists from around the also agree that dams on the lower Mekong mainstream would damage the Mekong river’s rich biodiversity. The Viet Ecology Foundation as an international NGO would like to submit this letter to the Mekong River Commission to urge the Lao government to put the plan to build the Xayaburi dam on hold for 10 years according to the 2010 SEA report. Sincerely, Long P. Pham, P.E. VEF Chairman VIET ECOLOGY FOUNDATION Submitted to: Mr Surasak Glahan, Communication Officer (Office of the Secretariat in Vientiane) Tel: +856 21 263 263, Ext. 4702 Email: Surasak@mrcmekong.org And Ms Tiffany Hacker, Communication Officer (Office of the Secretariat in Vientiane) Tel: +856 21 263 263, Ext.4703 Email: Tiffany@mrcmekong.org From: Long P. Pham Subject: Xayaburi Dam PNCP Process Submittal