CENTRAL HIGHLANDS — Central Highlands provinces have scrapped plans for many hydropower plants and stopped the operations of others because of their adverse effects on forests and the environment. This along with climate change has seriously affected local people’s lives and the environment and hit socio-economic development. This month the province People’s Committee submitted a report to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and other relevant agencies on its hydropower projects. Bùi Khắc Quang, director of the province Department of Industry and Trade, said: “Hydropower projects have both positive and negative impacts. The Ia Krêl 2 hydropower plant’s dam has been damaged twice during its construction.

Source: Viet Nam News August 11, 2017 02:03 UTC