Hydropower challenges the environment

Quang Nam's hydropower development strategy lacks an overall view and leaves negative impacts on the environment. Comments of Mr. Nguyen Duc Hai, Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee before the Summit of the Mekong subregion countries.

Quang Nam's hydropower development strategy lacks an overall view and leaves negative impacts on the environment. Comments of Mr. Nguyen Duc Hai, Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee before the Summit of the Mekong subregion countries.

On March 29, ahead of the Mekong Subregion Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR, Mr. Nguyen Duc Hai, expressed his victory in the sustainable development of hydropower dams in Quang Nam province. Male.

Mr. Hai said: A number of plans and strategies on hydropower have been created that lack an overall view and leave negative impacts on the environment. The environmental impact assessments only stop at each project, no overall assessment and system!

From the above lesson, Mr. Hai said that with 82 hydroelectric dams in the Mekong sub-region and 179 other dams in the planning stages are the major challenges of regional leaders to economic development, people's livelihood, environmental protection and precious natural resources.

Currently, Quang Nam is planning to ask the Government to issue regulations on benefit sharing from hydropower revenue. At the same time, investors' responsibility for the local economic development is responsible and responsible for the affected area.

In the face of increasing climate change, the natural function of rivers plays an important role in minimizing the effects of natural disasters on people and ecosystems.

It is known that Quang Nam has two river basins: Vu Gia - Thu Bon accounting for 90% and other river basins accounting for 10%. Vu Gia - Thu Bon river basin ranks fourth in the potential of hydropower development in Vietnam.

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Construction of A Vuong hydropower plant - Quang Nam province with an investment capital of VND 544 billion.(Photo: No. 18 Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company)

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Update 16 December 2018
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