THAI BUSINESS GROUP ON LAOS DAM PROJECT IN MEKONG RIVER.

Mekong River is known as an international river of Asia passing through six countries, first starting from China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. There are around 60 million resident depending on Mekong River area. Mekong River is daily life of many resident in Mekong river area and countries lower Mekong River. By building a dam, there will be a lot of impact such as flood, fishery, transportation and agriculture. Those impacts will influence countries lower Mekong directly. Due to this problem Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos dispute over the impact. However, Thai government decided to support the dam project. Some developers of the dam project Laos in Mekong River are Thai companies. Thai government agree to buy electricity from Lao’s dam project. In fact, Thai electricity is sufficient enough to fulfil the energy need of the country. This undergraduate thesis will be explain why Thai government support the project dam of Lao in Mekong River.