Abstract :
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. In the dam project, Thai company got benefit because of developer,
However, Thailand got impact direct because Thailand is country under Laos, but
Thai government agree to buy electricity from Lao’s dam project. In fact, Thai
electricity is sufficient to fulfil the energy need of the country. The decision
making of Thai government has Thai business influence; that undergraduate thesis
will be explain why Thai government support the project dam of Lao in Mekong
River.
Keywords: Mekong River, Thailand government, Thai business, dam project.