Vietnam Utility Dares Mekong Devastation

Inertia and the inherent tone-deafness of an authoritarian regime have set Vietnam on a course toward economic and political disaster. It is not too late, however, for the ruling party's top leaders, the Politburo, to disavow support for state-owned PetroVietnam's plans to build a huge dam on the Mekong River.

If it is built, the US$2.3 billion Luang Pra…