By 2025, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is expected to be the next destination for global participants, replacing China, with its geographic proximity, large consumer base, and low costs attracting traders. Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam (the CLMV countries of the Greater ...

How are Southeast Asian countries responding to growing tensions between the two powers? []Other Southeast Asian state — like Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and perhaps nominal U.S. ally Thailand — appear to be moving toward China, preferring China’s economic incentives over the benefits of U.S. military “protection.” Keep reading ...

Leaders of the Mekong nations have raised concerns over the development of hydropower along the river system following the collapse of a major dam in Laos in July. The leaders met on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum on Asean to discuss their vision for ...

The Labour Ministry announced on Friday that the Thai government agreed to extend the deadline for Cambodian officials to complete registration and work permit delivery to Cambodian migrant workers by six months.[]It is estimated about one million workers are still waiting for verification, among them ...

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 ...

Plans are underway to generate electricity from local power plants even though some neighboring countries – China, Thailand, Laos and India – have offered to sell their electricity to Myanmar, Deputy Permanent Secretary U Myint Soe of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) told ...

At 8 a.m. Tuesday, ships horns echoed through the river valley as the 76th joint patrol of the Mekong River by law enforcement from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand set sail, marking its 7th anniversary. Wearing uniforms, helmets and life jackets, rows of police officers ...

Thai overseas investors have been urged to respect human rights wherever they are doing business and work closely with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Human rights were highlighted as a critical issue, as the NHRC has received 12 complaints about Thai investments in Myanmar, Laos, ...

The 70th joint patrol on the Mekong River with law enforcers from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand was completed on Friday. Ten vessels and more than 160 law enforcers participated in the mission which started on Tuesday.During the joint patrol, the personnel held a seminar on ...

The 11th Lower Mekong Initiative and Friends of Lower Mekong Region Working Group Meeting, jointly organised by Myanmar and the United States, commenced at M Gallery Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on May 3. The two-day meeting is being attended by delegates from Myanmar, the US, ...

ການໃຊ້ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງຕໍ່ແມ່ຍິງໃນກຸ່ມບ້ານເປົ້າໝາຍໃນວຽງຈັນມີການຫຼຸດຜ່ອນລົງ ເນື່ອງຈາກວ່າຄົນມີຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈກ່ຽວກັບສິດທິຂອງແມ່ຍິງຫຼາຍຂຶ້ນ ຜ່ານໂຄງການນຳຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳກັບຄືນສູ່ແມ່ຍິງທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນຈາກການໃຊ້ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງເຊິ່ງມີພື້ນຖານມາຈາກເລື່ອງເພດ. ໜ່ວຍງານລັດ ແລະ ຄູ່ຮ່ວມພັດທະນາ ອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງສາກົນເຮວເວຕັສ ສະວິສ ໄດ້ທົບທວນວຽກງານທີ່ຜ່ານມາ ພ້ອມທັງແລກປ່ຽນປະສົບການພາຍໃຕ້ໂຄງການດັ່ງກ່າວ. ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ ແລະ ປະຊາຊົນ 100 ​ກວ່າຄົນໄດ້ເຕົ້າໂຮມກັນຢູ່ວຽງຈັນ ໃນວັນເສົາທີ່ຜ່ານມານີ້ ເພື່ອຈັດກິດຈະກຳຕ້ອນຮັບວັນໄຂ້ຍຸງອາຊຽນ ທັງສະໜັບສະໜູນການຕ້ານໄວຣັດອັນຕະລາຍດັ່ງກ່າວ, ເຊິ່ງໃນປີນີ້ພົບຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອແລ້ວ 1,089 ກໍລະນີ ແລະ ເສຍຊີວິດ 2 ກໍລະນີ. ກິດຈະກຳດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ຈັດຂຶ້ນທີ່ສະໂມສອນບ້ານໄຊສະຫວ່າງ ເມືອງໄຊທານີ ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ສະຖານທີ່ທ່ອງທ່ຽວທາງທຳມະຊາດ ແລະວັດທະນະທຳ ແມ່ນສອງສິ່ງຫຼັກທີ່ດຶງດູດນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວເຂົ້າມາທ່ຽວໃນລາວ, ໃນນັ້ນ ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນແມ່ນຈັດຢູ່ໃນອັນດັບຕົ້ນໆຂອງສະຖານທີ່ທ່ອງທ່ຽວທີ່ເປັນນິຍົມຂອງຊາວຕ່າງປະເທດ ຕາມຕົວເລກສະຖິຕິປີ 2017. ກະຊວງຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວແລະວັດທະນະທຳ ໄດ້ທຳການສຳຫຼວດຈາກບັນດານັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວຕ່າງປະເທດຈຳນວນ 2,519 ຄົນ ແຕ່ເດືອນເມສາ ເຖິງເດືອນທັນວາປີ 2017ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

A tourism cooperation forum featuring tourist cities in countries along the Lancang-Mekong River will be held in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, local authorities announced on Saturday. Delegations from 26 tourist cities in China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam will participate in the forum, ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ການເປີດຖ້ຽວບິນເຊົ່າເໝົາລຳລະຫວ່າງເມືອງຫາງໂຈ ແຂວງສີຈຽງ ແລະ ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ ຄາດວ່າຈະຊ່ວຍສົ່ງເສີມການຮ່ວມມືດ້ານການທ່ອງທ່ຽວ, ການຄ້າ ແລະ ການລົງທຶນລະຫວ່າງລາວ ແລະ ຈີນ.ພິທີເປີດຖ້ຽວບິນປະຖົມມະເລີກດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ມີຂຶ້ນໃນອາທິດແລ້ວນີ້ ທີ່ເມືອງຫາງໂຈ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

(ຂປລ) ເພື່ອແນໃສ່ສົ່ງເສີມການວາງແຜນ, ການປະສານງານ ແລະ ການຕິດຕາມລະດັບແຂວງ ເພື່ອປັບປຸງໝາກຜົນສຳລັບວຽກງານກ່ຽວກັບເດັກນ້ອຍ ໄດ້ມີການຈັດກອງປະຊຸມວິຊາການຂຶ້ນໃນວັນສຸກທີ່ຜ່ານມາ ທີ່ແຂວງສະຫວັນນະເຂດ ໂດຍກົມການຮ່ວມມືສາກົນ ພາຍໃຕ້ກະຊວງແຜນການ ແລະ ການລົງທຶນ, ແລະ ພະແນກແຜນການ ແລະ ການຮ່ວມມືແຂວງສະຫວັນນະເຂດ ພາຍໃຕ້ການສະໜັບສະໜູນຂອງອົງການຢູນີເຊັບ ປະຈຳ ສປປ ລາວ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Thai and migrant crewmen risk life and limb for little or no pay. Tunlin is among some 2,900 fishermen who have been rescued and repatriated by the Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation. The operation, started in 2014, continues to help both Thais and migrants mostly from ...

China’s “One belt, One Road” railway link with Asean has started to materialise as construction in Laos has progressed to more than 10 per cent of the project linking China’s border to Vientiane.However, one expert has warned that the Chinese government’s financial support for the ...

Laos has a concentrated HIV epidemic compared to other countries, with the prevalence of HIV still at a low level in key groups. But risk behaviours threaten to increase the prevalence of HIV transmission amongst the population so the National Centre for HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted ...

The strategically vital Mekong subregion has been gaining salience in Beijing’s strategic calculations as China faces growing pushback from the US and other countries. The global pandemic appears to be consolidating a few trends in China’s ties with the Mekong nations. In this emerging scenario, it is likely ...