Lancang-Mekong Cooperation promotes regional development
In November 2015, the foreign ministers of China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam held a meeting to discuss the establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC). The LMC framework was formally established in March 2016 by the six member countries. The LMC is an important ...
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ກົມສົ່ງເສີມການຄ້າ ກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກຳ ແລະ ການຄ້າ ຮ່ວມກັບກຸ່ມຊາວກະສິກອນນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ ຈັດການສົ່ງເສີມການຂາຍຜົນຜະລິດທີ່ປູກໃນຄົວເຮືອນ ໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ຜ່ານງານຕະຫຼາດນັດພືດພັນ.ທາງກົມຈະຈັດງານຕະຫຼາດນັດພືດພັນວຽງຈັນ ທີ່ສູນການຄ້າລາວ-ໄອເຕັກ ໃນວັນເສົານີ້, ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍສົ່ງເສີມຊາວກະສິກອນ ໃນການຂະຫຍາຍຖານລູກຄ້າ ແລະ ສົ່ງເສີມໃຫ້ຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກ ຫັນມາຊື້ຜົນຜະລິດຈາກຟາມທ້ອງຖິ່ນ.ງານຕະຫຼາດນັດດັ່ງກ່າວ ຈະເນັ້ນສະແດງຜົນຜະລິດຈາກເກົ້າຕົວເມືອງ ໃນນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
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Tackling Hydropower Myths on the Mekong: “Run-of-River” Does Not Mean Sustainable
A few weeks ago, the 3rd Mekong River Commission Summit took place in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The Summit is held every four years, bringing together the leaders of the Lower Mekong member countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam, together with representatives of China and Myanmar ...
International Rivers Reporter
Trade and investment between Thailand and CLMV tipped to rise
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce sees further potential for trade and investment between Thailand and CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) countries. The remark came after it was revealed that trade between Thailand and CLMV from January was Bt353.31 billion, up 1.74 per cent on the same period ...
Poverty reduction – Central Highlands’ main political task: PM
Poverty alleviation remains a main political task of the Central Highlands region, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a working session with the Central Highlands Steering Committee in Dak Lak province on June 20. He suggested regional localities study and propose amendments to their specific ...
China's debt-trap diplomacy: Inquirer columnist
This is not the kind of invasion that Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warns about, but a subtle and insidious mode of conquest that could undermine Philippine sovereignty in the long term. In fact, with the way Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano is defending ...
Alito L. Malinao
The Fight with China Over the Mekong River Basin
Countries in the Mekong River Basin, notably those located in the lower part of the river – Asia’s seventh longest – are in need of a collective strategy to secure their future, given China’s control of the upstream part and ongoing changes in global geopolitics. ...
Ethnic groups receive support
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said there needs to be a complete update of the mechanisms and policies to spur socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited regions. Phuc made his statement at a conference held by the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs and the ...
Bad news for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
The release of recent research from the Netherlands adds an additional insight into what is happening in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the country’s all-important food producing region that contributes some fifty per cent to its agricultural GDP. In a stark conclusion the research cites 2050 as the Tipping ...
MILTON OSBORNE
The Mekong keeps on yielding species new to science
The Mekong in Southeast Asia is one of the world’s mightiest rivers and scientists are still learning about its stunning biodiversity. In fact, hardly a week seems to go by without new discoveries along the river. In a series of finds, according to a report by the World ...
Daniel T Cross
Parade of national pride
National dress code is not only representing the country but also an identity of the nation. Last Friday, about six representatives from different countries came together to display their traditional dresses at the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC). More than 300 participants witnessed the elegance and ...
Researchers seek alternatives to Mekong River hydropower dam
The Mekong River, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea, is a hotbed of ecological diversity. The roughly 60 million people who live in the region, many in poverty, depend on the river and its ...
The Mekong: troubled waters in autocratic lands
For the Mekong countries, including Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam, 2018 was a big year both domestically and regionally. Key developments from last year will inevitably continue to shape the politics of the region in 2019. In terms of domestic affairs, the most worrying ...
157 ’new' Mekong species discovered
A bat that could be a member of an American boy band, a gibbon with a Star Wars name and a toad straight from Tolkien’s Middle Earth are among the 157 newly discovered species in the Greater Mekong region described by the world’s scientists in ...
CLMV parliaments share public investment experiences
The parliaments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam shared experiences in monitoring and managing State budget and public investment during a conference in Phnom Penh on Monday. Addressing delegates at the launch of the conference, Cambodian National Assembly leader Heng Samrin said the event ...
New tool provides gauge for freshwater health
The most cost-effective way to keep fresh water clean for human use? Nature itself. Forests, rivers and wetlands filter out contaminants, store excess water, and in some cases even drive rainfall, so maintaining the health of those ecosystems — typically far upstream from population centers ...
ALLIE GOLDSTEIN
Study identifies malaria resistance genes, possible drug targets
A new study of drug resistance in the parasite responsible for roughly half of all malaria cases worldwide has identified more than 80 genes that contribute to resistance, some of which could provide important information for drug development, researchers say.[]In recent years, however, a strain ...
Chris Dall
Thailand aims to boost trade with neighbors by 15% in 2018
Thailand aims to increase trade with countries on its borders by 15% this year, to a record high of 1.5 trillion baht ($50 billion). The government is backing the drive to offset an expected slowdown in overall export growth due to appreciation of the baht ...
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT
(English) Southeast Asia’s transparency problem
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