Laos dam project creates controversy with neighbours

A dam project along the Mekong river in Laos is causing tension with neighbouring Vietnam and Cambodia who fear the environmental impacts.

Both nations are downstream from the Xayaburi dam, where work is continuing despite their protests and promises by the Vientiane government that work would be suspended until November.

Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Xayaburi province on the fears from Phnom Penh and Hanoi that the dam will affect migratory fish species and the flow of nutrient-rich sediment downstream to both nations.