In many ways, the 3S river basin of Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam is the last frontier of development with national governments seeking to harness the area’s rich natural resources to drive economic growth. This has included the development of hydropower dams, first in Vietnam starting in the late 1990s, then Laos, and most recently in Cambodia, where the Lower Sesan 2 dam was completed in 2017.
Photo: Seprok river in Dak Lak Province, Viet Nam © Bui Bich Thuy
