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Building more dams along the Mekong River will destroy the livelihoods of millions of people, according to a report commissioned by the Vietnamese government.

It also says plans to construct new dams will damage crops with salt water intrusion, particularly in the south where the Mekong finishes its journey.

Laos is forging ahead with the first of at least nine dams on the mainstream of the Mekong and it has many more on tributaries.

Vietnam had called for a ten-year moratorium on mainstream dam construction, but was ignored.

Opponents believe there hasn’t been enough transparency surrounding the deals and it’s the people who will suffer, particularly those living on the delta.

Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Can Tho on the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam.

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