The Plei Krong Dam rests at the confluence of the
Krong Poko and
Dak Bla rivers in Vietnam.
Construction of the dam and an associated power plant began in 2003; the plant produces 417 million kiloWatt hours to the surrounding region.
During dam construction in 2004, the
Vietnam News Agency
Vietnam News Agency is the official State media, state-run news agency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It operates more than 30 foreign news bureau, bureaux worldwide and maintains 63 bureaux in Vietnam — one for each city and provinc ...
reported that 581 families were to be displaced from the left bank of the Krong Poko in January 2005 to make way for the dam.
References
Central Highlands (Vietnam)
Dams in Vietnam
Dams in the Mekong River Basin
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