Representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam gathered in Vientiane on Thursday to launch a six-month consultation process on what would be the third mainstream hydropower dam in Laos’s Lower Mekong River. Laos first signalled its intention to move ahead with the proposed 912-megawatt Pak ...

ການດຳລົງຊີວິດອອນໄລຢ່າງປອດໄພໃນຊ່ວງພະຍາດລະບາດ  ພະຍາດລະບາດ ໂຄວິດ-19 ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ຕ້ອງເພິ່ມການປ້ອງກັນ ບໍ່ພຽງສະເພາະແຕ່ຮ່າງກາຍ, ແຕ່ລວມໄປເຖິງວິຖີດິຈິຕອນໃນຊີວິດປະຈຳວັນດ້ວຍເຊັ່ນກັນ. ຄະນະເທີມງານຖານຂໍ້ມູນເປີດເພື່ອການພັດທະນາ (Open Development Initiatives) ໄດ້ນຳສະເໜີຄຳແນະນຳ 9 ຂໍ້ ໃນການໃຊ້ຊີວິດອອນລາຍຢ່າງປອດໄພໃນຊ່ວງພະຍາດລະບາດ.ເພື່ອຕອບສະໜອງຕໍ່ຄວາມຮຽກຮ້ອງການທີ່ເພິ່ມຂື້ນຢູ່ໃນພາກພື້ນແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ ກ່ຽວກັບເຂົ້າເຖິງຂໍ້ມູນຂ່າວສານທາງອອນລາຍ ແລະ ການເຮັດວຽກຢູ່ເຮືອນ. ໃນບາງປະເທດ, ຈຳນວນເອັບພີເຄຊັນຕ່າງໆ ໄດ້ກຳເນີດຂື້ນ ແລະ ໄດ້ຖືກນຳໃຊ້ເພື່ອຕິດຕາມ ແລະ ສະໜອງຂໍໍ້ມູນກ່ຽວກັບພະຍາດລະບາດ. ເພື່ອສົ່ງເສີມມາດຕະການ ການຮັກສາໄລຍະຫ່າງ, ການປະຊຸມສາຍໂດຍຜ່ານ Zoom, Skype ແລະ Whatsapp ໄດ້ກາຍເປັນທີ່ນິຍົມໃຊ້ຢ່າງກ້ວາງຂວາງ.ສະນັ້ນ, ຕໍ່ກັບການນຳໃຊ້ໂປຮແກມສື່ສານເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ, ຜູ້ຊົມໃຊ້ ຕ້ອງໄດ້ຄຳນຶງເຖິງບັນຫາຄວາມປອດໄພຕ່າງໆ ໂດຍສະເພາະ ກ່ຽວກັບບັນຫາການນຳເອົາຂໍ້ມູນຄວາມປອດໄພສ່ວນຕົວ ເຂົ້າໄປຢູ່ໃນຄວາມສ່ຽງ. ຄວາມຈິງແລ້ວ, ພະຍາດລະບາດດັ່ງກ່າວ ນັບວ່າເປັນການກະຕຸ້ນການເພິ່ມຂື້ນຂອງບັນຫາການດັກຟັງ, ການຫຼອກລວງຕຶກເອົາຂໍ້ມູນ ແລະ ບັນຫາຄວາມປອດໄພທາງໄຊເບີອື່ນໆ, ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັບການເຜີຍແຜ່ຂໍ້ມູນຂ່າວສານທີ່ບໍ່ຖືກຕ້ອງຢ່າງກ້ວາງຂວາງນຳອີກ.ແຜ່ນພັບແບບເປັນຮູບພາບດັ່ງກ່າວ ...

ເຈົ້າແຂວງທີ່ປະສົບໄພນ້ຳຖ້ວມຈາກເຂື່ອນແຕກຂອງລາວໃນຊ່ວງປີນີ້ ໄດ້ເປີດເຜີຍການຄາດຄະເນງົບປະມານໂຄງການສຳລັບຜູ້ປະສົບໄພທີ່ສູນເສຍທີ່ຢູ່ອາໄສ, ໂດຍໃຫ້ຕົວເລກທີ່ຂັດແຍ່ງກັບແຫຼ່ງຂໍ້ມູນທາງການທີ່ເຫັນວ່າສູງເກີນຈຳເປັນ ແລະ ຂັດແຍ່ງກັບຕົວເລກທີ່ເປີດເຜີຍໃນການສຳພາດກ່ອນໜ້ານີ້.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Infrastructure development under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model is taking shape in Laos as the government requires huge capital investment to improve road networks and other facilities. Lao economists have supported the initiative, saying that with the government’s limited funding, it’s critical to encourage the involvement ...

Citizens from eight Thai provinces along the Mekong River are suing state agencies because they claim there was inadequate public participation in planning for the Pak Beng hydropower dam, which is being built by Laos.The Thai Network of Eight Mekong Provinces filed a lawsuit in ...

Unseasonal drought, floods and the negative impact of hydropower projects on the Mekong River’s ecology were major concerns raised by residents of northeastern provinces at a public hearing on the Luang Prabang Dam on Tuesday. Pradap Klatkhemphet, deputy secretary-general of the Office of the National Water ...

Thailand’s energy authority plans to add Singapore to its regional energy grid by 2023, along with Cambodia and Myanmar, said Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for energy. The move follows the success of a Laos-Thailand-Malaysia deal, in which Thailand buys electricity from hydroelectric power plants in Laos ...

Just over a week ago, many people in Thailand, particularly those in highrises, were thrown into panic when their buildings were swaying. They didn’t know at the time that a strong earthquake had just hit inside Lao borders near Nan’s district of Chaloem Phrakiat. The shallow ...

The Mekong River Commission Tuesday acknowledged that climate change played a role in this year’s widely varying water levels on the Mekong, but said that dam construction was the main culprit in sharp water level increases and decreases, emphasizing a need for data-sharing between countries. The ...

The Mekong is one of the world’s great rivers — a 5,000-kilometer waterway threading from China through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.  However, dams have subverted the ecosystem, bringing drought during the monsoon season and high waters when it should be dry. That has forever changed ...

Representatives of Cambodia, Laos and Việt Nam have agreed to assign Việt Nam to devise an action plan for effectively implementing the Agreement on Trade Promotion and Facilitation in the CLV Development Triangle Area, signed in 2016 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This is one of the important ...

Lao authorities confirmed that fish found floating dead in the Nam Ngao river in Huayxai district, Bokeo province died as a result of poisonous chemicals contaminating the river.​ Officials confirmed the findings after samples of the dead fish were brought for analysis last week. The ...

Amidst the spreading of the Coronavirus 2019 in every corner of the world, the government in each country, as well as the departments, organizations, and other related parties are vigorously collaborating in solving the problem with a hope of surviving the disaster that is impacting ...

ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ລັດ ລາວ-ໄທ ສ້າງຄະນະກຳມະການເພື່ອກ່ຽວກັບກົດລະບຽບໃນການເປີດດ່ານຊາຍແດນອີກເທື່ອໜຶ່ງ. “ບາດກ້າວທຳອິດກໍຈະເຮັດໃນລັກສະນະເປີດໜຶ່ງວັນຢູ່ດ່ານຂ້າງລະຫວ່າງໜອງຄາຍ, ອຸດອນທານີ ແລະ ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ” ກ່າວໂດຍຫົວໜ້າກົມກິດຈະການອາຊຽນຕາເວັນອອກຂອງໄທ.ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ ...

Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face death – the country has also been facing the existence of a key smuggling ...

Climate change, drought, and development have devastated Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, which feeds millions across Southeast Asia[]Governments along the Mekong insist dams are necessary to supply electricity to growing populations and industries. The costs are steep. One model, carried out by a team from Stanford ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 proposed a joint task force on connectivity to work on extension of India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, while also proposing to enhance the ASEAN-India Fund with an additional grant of US $ 50 million.  Speaking at ...

Logistics company JWD InfoLogistics says it has adopted a business plan to increase revenues from its recent investments in ASEAN markets, such as in warehouses in Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. The plan for 2017 aims for a minimum seven percent revenue growth. Recent investments in ...

The 7th Mekong River Commission (MRC) Regional Stakeholder Forum was held in Lao capital Vientiane over Monday and Tuesday, with participants discussing urgent issues facing the Mekong region, the Secretariat of the MRC has said. Attending the two-day event were 180 representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, ...

ສະຖາບັນເສດຖະກິດ ແລະ ການເງິນດົງຄຳຊ້າງໄດ້ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນການກໍ່ສ້າງໃນໄລຍະທີສາມ ເຊິ່ງເປັນສ່ວນໜຶ່ງຂອງຄວາມພະຍາຍາມໃນການສ້າງສະຖາບັນໃຫ້ເປັນສູນການສຶກສາດ້ານການເງິນອັນດັບຕົ້ນໆຂອງປະເທດ.ພິທີວາງສິລາເລີກສຳລັບການກໍ່ສ້າງໃນໄລຍະທີສາມດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ມີຂຶ້ນທີ່ສະຖາບັນໃນວັນສຸກຜ່ານມານີ້ ພາຍໃຕ້ການເປັນສັກຂີພະຍານຂອງທ່ານ ສົມດີ ດວງດີ ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງການເງິນຂອງລາວ ແລະ ທ່ານ ດິນ ຕຽນ ດັງ ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງການເງິນຂອງຫວຽດນາມ.ໂຄງການກໍ່ສ້າງສະຖາບັນເສດຖະກິດ ແລະ ການເງິນດົງຄຳຊ້າງ ແມ່ນໂຄງການຮ່ວມມືລະຫວ່າງລັດຖະບານລາວ ແລະ ລັດຖະບານຫວຽດນາມ. ເຊິ່ງແບ່ງເປັນສາມໄລຍະ, ໄລຍະທີໜຶ່ງໄດ້ສຳເລັດໃນທ້າຍປີ 2008 ສ່ວນໄລຍະທີສອງແມ່ນສຳເລັດໃນປີ 2014.ອ່ານຕໍ່  ...