Livestock Epidemic Along Hinboun River May Be Linked to Theun-Hinboun Dam (PDF) Canadian PhD student writes to Theun-Hinboun Power Company (THPC) to highlight a livestock epidemic that occurred in Ban Pak Vang, a village located along the Hinboun River, in August 2006. The epidemic may be linked to increased flooding as a result of the dam. Read the letter to THPC (PDF). Read THPC’s response (PDF), January 5, 2007.
ADB Urged to Resolve Outstanding Issues with Lao Dams (PDF) Letter from IRN and Environmental Defense to the Asian Development Bank urging the Bank to take long–delayed action to compensate communities affected by three ADB–supported dam projects in Laos: Nam Leuk, Nam Song and Theun–Hinboun, January 24, 2006. Read the response from the ADB to this letter, February 16, 2006.