Managing Social Risks and Impacts from Hydropower Development : Sharing Experience from a Medium-Sized Dam Project in Vietnam
The Trung Son dam is a medium-sized hydropower dam (260 megawatts) that was developed with the aim of achieving social and environmental sustainability. Experience gained from the Trung Son Hydropower Project can provide relevant information for da...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/394091598937782601/Managing-Social-Risks-and-Impacts-from-Hydropower-Development-Sharing-Experience-from-a-Medium-Sized-Dam-Project-in-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34442 |
| Summary: | The Trung Son dam is a medium-sized
hydropower dam (260 megawatts) that was developed with the
aim of achieving social and environmental sustainability.
Experience gained from the Trung Son Hydropower Project can
provide relevant information for dam projects of a similar
size. This report is the result of a knowledge-sharing
exercise conducted at the end of 2019 by the World Bank with
Trung Son Hydropower Company Limited (TSHPCo) participation.
The project benefitted from a decision-making process based
on an adaptive management principle, defined by a framework
of measures and implementation process. Detailed activities
can evolve if they remained consistent with this framework.
Experience gained from the Trung Son Hydropower Project
demonstrates how relocation evolved, requiring continuous
negotiations and engagement of all stakeholders to deal with
unexpected problems. The critical management of downstream
impacts during reservoir impoundment requires mitigation of
specific risks. Assessed during the project preparation
stage, downstream impacts associated with reservoir
impoundment will be minimized through maintenance of a
minimum environmental flow. The Trung Son reservoir area is
rapidly evolving, with a newly created infrastructure
network bringing both opportunities and challenges. To
further provide support to local households and their
communities, the scope of the corporate social
responsibility of TSHPCo will need to be confirmed, and
interaction with the local government is likely to continue
over a long period of time. |
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