The Korea Forest Service held the 9th meeting of the Korea-Mekong Forest Cooperation Committee on Oct. 14 and discussed ways to strengthen forest cooperation to jointly respond to climate change with four countries in the Mekong region — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The online meeting ...

A patrol of the Mekong Riverine Unit seized 635 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana on the bank of the Mekong river in Tha Uthen district in the small hours of Monday. The patrol spotted a pickup covered with canvas on the bank of the Mekong river near ...

China and the countries of the lower Mekong River are teaming up for their largest joint study yet of the impacts climate change and hydropower dams are having on one of Asia’s great waterways, and how to cope with the growing threats from floods and ...

Though all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region had signed a cross-border trade agreement 14 years ago to enhance the sub-region’s economic connectivity, the CBTA, however, is yet to be ratified in individual Mekong nations for its full implementation. This was revealed last week by ...

Construction of dams on the Mekong continues. The river is 4,000 kilometers long, rising on the Tibetan plateau and flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The stretch of this river that flows through the Chinese territory is 2,130 km. It’s called Lan-ts’ang River. Chinese ...

For more than two decades, communities in Southeast Asia have been facing threats from the expansion of hydropower development. Dams have been justified by the governments of Southeast Asian countries as the main development agenda, which would generate large amounts of income and contribute to ...

Land is a hotly contested resource in the LMCs , with the primary driver being economic development. Deforestation as a consequence is a major issue in the LMCs, and illegal trafficking of lumber and wildlife continue unabated. Added value through agriculture forms more than a quarter of the GDP in Cambodia ...

ລັດຖະບານລາວ ປະກາດເປີດດ່ານ ຊາຍແດນ ສາກົນ ທັງໝົດ ຄືນໃໝ່ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ ຄົນລາວ ແລະ ຊາວຕ່າງຊາດ ສາມາດ ເຂົ້າ-ອອກ ລາວ ໄດ້ ຢ່າງເສລີ. ສຳ​ນັກ​ງານ​ນາ​ຍົກ​ລັດ​ຖະ​ມົນ​ຕີ​ໃນ​ວັນ​ທີ 7 ພຶດ​ສະ​ພາ​ນີ້​ໄດ້​ອອກ​ແຈ້ງ​ການ​ປະ​ກາດ​ວ່າ​ຊາຍ​ແດນ​ຈະ​ເປີດ​ຄືນ​ໃໝ່. ການ​ເປີດ​ປະ​ເທດ​ລາວ​ຄືນ​ໃໝ່​ ແລະ​ ການ​ຍົກ​ເລີກ​ຂໍ້​ຈຳກັດ​ຕາມ​ແຈ້ງ​ການ​ເລກທີ 627 ຈະ​ມີ​ຜົນ​ບັງຄັບ​ໃຊ້​ໃນ​ວັນ​ທີ 9 ພຶດສະພາ​ນີ້, ທ່ານ​ນາງ ທິບ​ພະ​ກອນ ຈັນທະ​ວົງສາ ຫົວໜ້າ​ກອງ​ເລຂາ​ຄະນະ​ກຳມະການ​ປ້ອງ​ກັນ​ແລະ​ຄວບ​ຄຸມ​ພະຍາດ​ໂຄ​ວິດ-19 ກ່າວ​ໃນ​ວັນ​ທີ 9 ພຶດສະພາ​ນີ້.ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມດາວໂຫຼດເອກະສານທາງການໄດ້ດັ່ງຕໍ່ໄປນີ້ >>> ພາສາລາວ ແລະ ອັງກິດ ...

ທາງການລາວ ໄດ້ລົງນາມ ໃນຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ ກັບ ບໍຣິສັດ ເກົາຫລີໃຕ້ ໃຫ້ສໍາປະທານ ທີ່ດິນ 1,200 ເຮັກຕາ ເພື່ອສ້າງຣີສອດ ມູນຄ່າ 2,9 ຕື້ໂດລາ. ຮັກສາການຫົວໜ້າກົມຂົນສົ່ງ, ທ່ານ ພັນໂທ ທອງສຸກ ເຢືອງລາວລີ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍຄະນະ ໄດ້ລົງນາມໃນຂໍ້ຕົກລົງວ່າດ້ວຍການລົງນາມໂຄງການກໍ່ສ້າງ ຣີສອດລາວ ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ເຂດກມ 62 ເມືອງໂພນໂຮງ ແຂວງວຽງຈັນ. ສອງ​ຝ່າຍ​ໄດ້​ເຊັນ​ບົດ​ບັນທຶກ​ຄວາມ​ເຂົ້າ​ໃຈ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ໂຄງການ​ດັ່ງກ່າວ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກຸມພາ 2016, ​ໂດຍ​ໃຫ້​ສອງ​ປະ​ເທດ​ເລີ່​ມຄົ້ນຄວ້າ​ຄວາມ​ເປັນ​ໄປ​ໄດ້. ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າຍັງໄດ້ຂໍອະນຸຍາດຈາກລັດຖະບານເພື່ອນໍາໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນ 500 ເຮັກຕາເພື່ອການພັດທະນາການກໍ່ສ້າງໃນເບື້ອງຕົ້ນ ຊຶ່ງເປັນສ່ວນຫນຶ່ງຂອງການສຶກສາຄວາມເປັນໄປໄດ້. ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ ...

The Vientiane International Airport Expansion Project has now achieved 11 percent of its contractual goals and should be complete by the beginning of 2018, according to a press release from the Embassy of Japan to Laos and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The project is ...

With parts of the Mekong River turning an unusual blue-green, an inter-governmental commission has warned of possibly serious consequences if water levels stay low in the increasing dammed river. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday (Dec 9) the aquamarine hue currently seen in a ...

The Mekong Delta loses 300 hectares of land each year because of river and coastline erosion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). “The total land area lost in the last 10 years has reached over 3,000 hectares,” Tang Quoc Chinh from the ...

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Monday (October 7) that the Cabinet has approved a proposal for cross-border economic ties under the Mekong-Lancang cooperation framework. The director-general of the Department of Trade Negotiation has also been given the job of visiting Laos on October 8 to ...

It is now early on in the rainy season and the water volume on the Mekong River should have been high. But water levels on certain stretches of the international river, which runs from China through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, have reached their ...

Cambodia ranked third-worst for illicit trade out of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a recently released index by the Economist Intelligence Unit that analysed governments’ abilities to combat illegal trade operations. The report, commissioned by the European Chamber of Commerce of Singapore, reviewed countries ...

Heavy rains and a bumper fish crop have improved life along the Mekong River after a nearly four-year drought, poor harvests and the pandemic took a heavy toll on some 65 million people who rely on the waterway for their daily livelihoods. According to the Laos-based ...

Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are sold as brides each year, according to a new study. Keep reading ...

A shocking video and new intelligence suggest that legal and illegal captive tiger facilities fuel Asia’s tiger trafficking—with brutal efficiency. Keep reading ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ອົງການພຸດທະສາດສະໜາສຳພັນລາວຈະເລີ່ມເຜີຍແຜ່ລະບຽບການກ່ຽວກັບການນຳໃຊ້ສື່ສັງຄົມອອນລາຍຂອງພະສົງໃນທ້າຍເດືອນນີ້. ຄະນະຮັບຜິດຊອບຈະມີການລົງຢ້ຽມຢາມພາກຕ່າງໆທີ່ສຳຄັນທົ່ວປະເທດ ເພື່ອອະທິບາຍກ່ຽວກັບລະບຽບການດັ່ງກ່າວ ເຊິ່ງວາງອອກໃນປີ 2017 ໂດຍຄະນະຄຸ້ມຄອງພະສົງ ພາຍໃຕ້ອົງການພຸດທະສາດສະໜາສຳພັນລາວ.ຈຸດປະສົງກໍ່ແມ່ນເພື່ອປັບປຸງພາບພົດຂອງພະສົງ ຕໍ່ສາຍຕາຂອງມະຫາຊົນທາງດ້ານການນຳໃຊ້ສື່ສັງຄົມອອນລາຍ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Water and environmental ministers from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam laid out their agenda for 2018 at the 24th Mekong River Commission Council in Pattaya.Keep reading ...