ເມືອງສະໜາມໄຊ, ແຂວງອັດຕະປື: ທີມງານເກັບກູ້ລະເບີດກວ່າ 100 ຄົນຈາກອົງການເກັບກູ້ລະເບີດລາວ (UXO Lao) ໄດ້ກວດ ແລະ ເກັບກູ້ລະເບີດທີ່ຍັງບໍ່ທັນແຕກ (UXO) ອອກຈາກພື້ນທີ່ ເຮັດໃຫ້ສາມາດເລີ່ມລົງມືກໍ່ສ້າງເຮືອນພັກສຳລັບຜູ້ປະສົບໄພນ້ຳຖ້ວມ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ແຂວງຜົ້ງສາລີຈັດກິດຈະກຳທີ່ຫຼາກຫຼາຍສີສັນເພື່ອສົ່ງເສີມປີທ່ອງທ່ຽວລາວ ແລະ ບຸນເທດສະການນ້ຳຊາ ເຊິ່ງຄາດວ່າຈະມີຜູ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມເກີນ 150,000 ຄົນ. ກິດຈະກຳດັ່ງກ່າວແມ່ນຈັດຂຶ້ນໃນລະຫວ່າງວັນທີ 7-10 ພະຈິກນີ້ ເຊິ່ງໄດ້ມີພິທີເປີດຢ່າງເປັນທາງການໃນມື້ວານນີ້.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ທີມກູ້ໄພລາວ, ໄທ ແລະ ຈີນເລັ່ງມືຄົ້ນຫາຜູ້ລອດຊີວິດ ແລະ ສືບຄົ້ນຮ່ອງຮອຍຜູ້ທີ່ຍັງສູນຫາຍຕັ້ງແຕ່ຄືນວັນຈັນຜ່ານມາ ຢູ່ບັນດາບ້ານທີ່ຖືກນ້ຳຖ້ວມທີ່ເມືອງສະໜາມໄຊ ແຂວງອັດຕະປື. ທີມນັກກູ້ໄພຈາກໄທແມ່ນທີມງານທຳອິດຈາກຕ່າງປະເທດທີ່ລົງພື້ນທີ່ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຜູ້ປະສົບເຄາະໄພນ້ຳຖ້ວມທີ່ເມືອງສະໜາມໄຊ ຫຼັງຈາກສັນເຂື່ອນ D ຂອງເຂື່ອນໄຟຟ້ານ້ຳຕົກເຊປຽນ-ເຊນ້ຳນ້ອຍແຫງ ແລະ ແຕກເປັນບາງສ່ວນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

The Mekong River Committee (MRC) has concluded a session marking the formal completion of the prior consultation (PC) process for the proposed Pak Beng hydropower project in Laos, with the joint committee issuing a statement ‘the Government of Lao PDR to make all reasonable efforts to ...

The 63rd joint patrol on the Mekong River with law enforcers from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand was completed on Sunday. Keep reading ...

The Chinese dams are blamed for turning gold dreams of Mekong panners into dust, especially Thailand‘s gold panners. Vijitra Duangdee, writing in South China Morning Post (SCMP) said that not only gold is disappearing but, the diets, livelihoods and environment of 60 million people have been jeopardised by the dams, and ...

Vietnam and three Mekong neighbors will join hands to assess plastic waste leakage into the river system in a bid to fight plastic pollution in the region. Fifty government officials and university researchers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam gathered to discuss assessment methodologies to study ...

Major dam construction projects have become a favourite pastime of some autocratic governments, with China leading the way. But, far from protecting against water shortages, as supporters promise, large dams are contributing to river depletion and severely exacerbating parched conditions. Nowhere is this more apparent ...

Ministerial delegates from the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council have now approved a list of strategic documents, charting a new course for it and strengthening its efforts to balance environmental protection and economic development in the Mekong Basin. The MRC Council represents the highest level of ...

Modern China seems to have learned the ancient master’s lesson well. It has unleashed water wars on Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Even as China’s neighbors deal with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, they are experiencing their worst drought in living memory. The mighty Mekong ...

It’s home to spectacular beauty, abundant natural resources, and more than 300 million people spread across Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and China. Yet the Greater Mekong has been gripped by conflict and political crises, creating in many places conditions ripe for illegal forest ...

Myanmar’s ongoing crisis was raised as a possible hindrance to regional cooperation to save the Mekong River, as other countries along the important waterway pledged on Wednesday to strengthen collaboration in efforts to conserve the water resource. At the quadrennial Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in ...

On October 29, Laos unveiled a new dam in the country’s north. The 1.3-gigawatt Xayaburi dam sits on the Mekong River, which flows the length of the country. Laos plans to build nearly a hundred like it by 2020—many with direct funding and support from ...

Mekong Institute (MI) is opening application for the Mekong Institute Young Scholars (MIYS) Program which aims to develop the human resource capacity of public institutions involved in the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) development and cooperation initiative by providing a structured learning opportunity and hands-on experience to ...

ໃນການລາຍງານສະຫຼຸບຕົວເລກ ຈາກສື່ຂ່າວສານຂອງລາວໃນວັນພະຫັດນີ້ ໃຫ້ຊາບວ່າ 66 ຜູ້ໂຊກດີ ພົບວ່າຍັງມີຊີວິດຢູ່, ຂະນະທີ່ຄະນະສະເພາະກິດໄພພິບັດຂອງລັດຖະບານລາວ ນຳໂດຍຮອງນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີ ລາຍງານວ່າມີ 34 ຄົນແມ່ນຢືນຢັນວ່າເສຍຊີວິດ,​ 31 ຄົນຍັງຄົງສູນຫາຍ ແລະ ພົບອີກຫົກຄວາມເສຍຫາຍທີ່ເກີດຈາກໄພພິບັດຫຼັງນ້ຳຖ້ວມທີ່ແຂວງອັດຕະປື.ພາລະກິດການຄົ້ນຫາຜູ້ປະສົບໄພທີ່ຍັງຄົງຄ້າງ ຈາກໄພພິບັດສັນເຂື່ອນ D ເຊປຽນ-ເຊນ້ຳນ້ອຍແຕກ ໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດລົງຢ່າງເປັນທາງການ, ພາຍໃຕ້ກອງປະຊຸມ ເຊິ່ງນຳໂດຍທ່ານສອນໄຊ ສີພັນດອນ ຮອງນາຍົກລັັດຖະມົນຕີຂອງລາວໃນວັນພະຫັດນີ້ ເພື່ອພິຈາລະນາຢັ້ງຢືນບົດລາຍງານ ແລະ ບົດຂ່າວຕໍ່ສື່ມວນຊົນ ກ່ຽວກັບການສູນເສຍຊີວິດຈາກເຫດໄພພິບັດນ້ຳຖ້ວມກະທັນຫັນໃນວັນທີ 23 ກໍລະກົດ ທີ່ເມືອງສະໜາມໄຊ ແຂວງອັດຕະປື.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ການກໍ່ສ້າງເສັ້ນທາງດ່ວນ ເພື່ອເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ ກັບຕົວເມືອງເມືອງວັງວຽງ, ສະຖານທີ່ທ່ອງທ່ຽວຊື່ດັງຂອງແຂວງວຽງຈັນ, ສຳເລັດແລ້ວ 40 ສ່ວນຮ້ອຍ.ການກໍ່ສ້າງເສັ້ນທາງໄລຍະ 113.5 ກມ ເຊິ່ງເລີ່ມຕົ້ນໃນເດືອນເມສາປີກາຍນີ້ ຄາດວ່າຈະສຳເລັດພາຍໃນສາມປີ, ຕາມເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ຮັບຜິດຊອບ. ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກຳລັງທົບທວນການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດໂຄງການ ເຊິ່ງຈະມີການພິຈາລະນາບັນຫາທີ່ອາດເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ, ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ລັດຖະບານທີ່ຮັບຜິດຊອບໂຄງການ ເປີດເຜີຍຕໍ່ສຳນັກຂ່າວວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌ ໃນວັນອັງຄານນີ້.ເສັ້ນທາງດັ່ງກ່າວ ເຊິ່ງລວມທັງອຸໂມງພູຜ້າໄລຍະ 679 ແມັດ ຈະຊ່ວຍຫຼຸດໄລຍະການເດີນທາງໄດ້ປະມານ 43 ກມ ທຽບກັບເສັ້ນທາງແຫ່ງຊາດເລກທີ 13 ເໜືອ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Originating in the Tibetan highlands and running through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the Mekong and its tributaries provide water, food and income for 60 million people. The longest river in Southeast Asia is home to the world’s largest inland fishery. It ...

The Mekong River, a critical waterway for six countries in Southeast Asia, is registering critically low water levels this summer. The Mekong River Commission (MRC), which monitors Southeast Asia’s longest river, reported in mid-July that water levels over the previous month had fallen to “among the lowest ...

Recent weeks have seen new developments in the ongoing tension over the Mekong river and its waters, as the river basin faces ecological crises and its waters play an ever-larger role in geopolitics. Thailand has announced that it is reconsidering its decision to purchase power from the planned Sanakham ...

The young people sitting together in a classroom at Chiang Mai University came from countries across the region, yet they do not only identify as Cambodian, Lao, Myanmar, Thai or Vietnamese. Keep reading ...