🤝 On 3 February 2026, the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) met with H.E. Mel Barlow, United Kingdom Ambassador to the Lao PDR, together with the UK delegation, for a kick-off meeting marking the UK’s additional support for the Mekong River Commission (MRC)’s water quality work in the Lower Mekong Basin. The UK’s additional support will help advance the MRC’s work on water quality, including the Preliminary Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination Status in the Lower Mekong River Basin,

Two hydropower stations in Yalong River basin achieve simultaneous river diversion The Mengdigou and Yagen Class 1 hydropower stations, key components of China's first integrated hydro-wind-solar power base in the Yalong River basin, successfully completed simultaneous river diversion on Tuesday, enabling both projects to enter the main construction phase. | BastilleGlobal

The Tina River Hydropower Development Project is progressing as construction reaches the dam, marking a key phase in its timeline. Final earthworks are being completed on the 2.7-kilometer access road, with the cofferdam and diversion culvert construction underway and river diversion planned for early 2025. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻 𝟬𝟰 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://youtu.be/n6e-YPMLztA | Tavuli News - Solomon Islands

A China-built hydropower project in Laos has brought development opportunities to remote mountainous regions in the southeast Asian country. #GLOBALink | China Xinhua Sci-Tech