During the Vietnam War, countries in the Mekong River basin still continued technical negotiations.

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Regarding cooperation in international river basins, both Le Duc Trung (Mekong River Commission Secretariat) and Jean-Francois Donzier (International Network of Basin Organizations - INBO) stressed the importance of securing national and international political will for the sustainable management of transboundary river basins and transboundary aquifer systems.

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Labour remains cheap, and the Mekong River running through Cambodia allows the country to benefit from schemes to develop the entire river basin.

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Careful consideration must be made now of the potential impacts of this, and other dams being considered for the 3-S River Basin, to avoid serious losses and to form a positive solution for the people of the lower Mekong, their energy needs and the environment on which they depend.

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