Xayaboury dam construction nearly 25% completed

Construction of the Xayaboury hydropower plant is now 23 percent complete, Vientiane Times reported this week.

Although work on the dam’s spillway was halted briefly in December due to flooding caused by heavy rain, Xayaburi Power Company, owner of the US$3.5 billion project, said construction remains on schedule, with commercial operation set to begin in 2019. Read more