ຜູ້ນຳຈາກທຸກໆຊົນເຜົ່າໃນທົ່ວປະເທດ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ ຈະປະຊຸມກັນໃນເດືອນໜ້າທີ່ວຽງຈັນ ເພື່ອພາລະກິດຮັດແໜ້ນຄວາມສາມັກຄີປອງດອງທົ່ວຊາດ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

(ຂປລ) ໃນວັນທີ 21 ມິຖຸນາ ບໍລິສັດເອັມເອັມຈີຈຳກັດ (MMG) ໄດ້ຕົກລົງຂາຍຫຸ້ນ 90% ຂອງບໍລິສັດລ້ານຊ້າງມິນເນີໂຣ (LXML) ເຈົ້າຂອງບໍ່ຄຳເຊໂປນ ສປປ ລາວ ໃຫ້ແກ່ບໍລິສັດຂຸດຄົ້ນບໍ່ຄຳ ຊີເຟັງ ຈີຫຼົງ (ຊີເຟັງ) ຈຳກັດ ໃນມູນຄ່າ 275 ລ້ານໂດລາສະຫະລັດ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

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The Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) annual report, published 16 June, includes a noteworthy statement calling for increased transparency from China over upstream dam operations on the river. The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s longest river and acts as a lifeline to 60 million people. Downtream Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and ...

The Mekong River has become a new front in U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence over downstream countries at the mercy of its control of the river’s waters. It’s a confrontation in which the Trump administration – ...

These photos document the construction of four dams – from north to south, Wunonglong, Lidi, Tuoba, and Huangdeng (see map below) – along a 200-kilometer stretch of the upper Mekong in Yunnan, China, and the transformation of the river from a free-flowing current to a ...

The 4th Mekong River Commission Summit, held in Vientiane on 4-5 April 2023, saw heads of state and ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam come together to discuss the sustainable development of Southeast Asia’s greatest river. At its conclusion, the four countries signed the ‘Vientiane Declaration’, in ...

With far-reaching implications for the upcoming elections in Myanmar and with the US tentatively wading into river governance, the Mekong region has become a contentious staging ground for China’s wider goals in Southeast Asia.  Sebastian Strangio’s new book In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century draws ...

A new industrial estate, currently under construction in northeastern Thailand, is primarily designed as a logistics and freight forwarding center in connection with neighboring countries, confirmed a senior government official on Monday. The industrial estate in Udon Thani province, which is now 50 percent complete and ...

A top Cambodian demining official slammed US President Barack Obama’s widely heralded pledge to increase demining aid to Laos on September 6, faulting the US for what he characterised as its “marginal assistance” to Cambodia’s demining efforts. In a speech at the 2016 ASEAN Summit in ...

It has been a bad year for the Mekong. An unusually long period of drought has brought water levels to some of the lowest measurements in recent years. There are fears that the drought will have a particularly negative effect on the Tonle Sap River, connecting ...

The Mekong River’s water level during this year’s early flood season, from June to July, is among the lowest on record, according to the Mekong River Commission (MRC), with experts warning of impending consequences on the upcoming dry season in Vietnam. Water levels in the Mekong ...

About 60,000 migrant workers living in Thailand have fled the country since authorities shut malls and many businesses at the weekend to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a Thai interior ministry official said on Wednesday. Thailand’s latest measures have left many without jobs and prompted ...

With much of ASEAN stuck in the economic doldrums and its senior members beset with issues ranging from unprecedented levels of corruption to violent insurgencies and maritime disputes with China, the regional bloc has known better days. But from the most unlikely corners of northern ASEAN, a more ...

Once, not that long ago, the Mekong River in Southeast Asia was a formidable waterway. Navigating much of the 4,350km-long river was a real challenge. The Mekong, which originates in China and empties into the South China Sea in Vietnam after passing through four other ...

In our recent study, we combined field observations and satellite imagery to show how the tiny pest-killing lopezi wasp (Anagyrus lopezi) helped combat deforestation in Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam by controlling a pest that was devastating cassava crops across the region. Keep reading ...

[] JWD, which has operations in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, joins others in expanding into the region. Last month, DHL Supply Chain said it was investing 70 million euros in Southeast Asia. Keep reading ...

The tropical storm is expected to blow over Hong Kong and China’s Hainan island during September 13-14 and this will bring more rain to Laos and Thai provinces bordering Mekong river with danger of river overflows. Keep reading ...

Twelve writers from six nations in the Mekong River Delta received Mekong River Literature Awards in a ceremony held in Hanoi on June 15. The event gathered 30 writers from six countries in the region which are Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China. Keep reading ...

Cambodia attracted the fixed asset investment of 333.4 million U.S. dollars from its ASEAN member states in 2017, according to a government’s report on Friday. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Keep reading ...