AFP | Hanoi HANOI (AFP) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Vietnam on Monday signed a 196-million-dollar loan for a hydropower plant, the country’s first major dam project to be backed by a multilateral development agency. The 156-megawatt Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project will be built in the Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin of [...]
ADB backs Vietnam hydropower project
By Paul Stewart in October 7th 2008 No Comment »
Filed Under finance, hydropower Tags: ADB, Co Tu indigenous minority, dam, hydropower, river
Filed Under finance, hydropower Tags: ADB, Co Tu indigenous minority, dam, hydropower, river
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