No.2 Friendship Bridge will be opened in first week of April, according to the sources. The new Bridge is aimed at facilitating transport of people and goods and vehicle travel among the six member countries of the Greater Mekong sub-region: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and ...

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have made stunning progress over the past quarter century. Once plagued by poverty, they are now economic success stories. The GMS Economic Cooperation Program (GECP) has contributed significantly to this transformation. Since it was established in 1992 as a ...

When people talk about sustainable development there is rarely any mention of the many street vendors who make a living on streets in Thailand, as across the rest of Asia.  []In January it was reported that the Thai authorities had arrested over 1,600 illegal migrants, mainly ...

Environmental activists will petition the Administrative Court Thursday to help in their protest against the new Pak Beng dam project on the Mekong River in Laos, which could bring both ecological and economic impacts to the region. They want the court to encourage state agencies, ...

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) marked its third anniversary last week with the announcement that China’s trade with the five Mekong member countries – Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – has reached over US$260 billion for the period, highlighting the overarching role China plays in ...

“We are the worst, even when compared to Laos or Vietnam,” said Kulachada Chaipipat, campaign manager at the Southeast Asia Press Alliance. “Those two countries have seen stagnant, bad situations, but Thailand is going down.” Speaking on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on ...

A bold Cambodian plan to secure World Heritage status along their stretch of the Mekong, where the free-flowing river has sustained some of the world’s greatest biodiversity, could provide much-needed respite to a river in danger of dying from dams and over-exploitation, experts say. In Phnom Penh, the Environment ...

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting took place in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with the participation of 10 Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretary General. The Vietnamese delegation to the meeting was led by Deputy Prime Minister and ...

A new study by TRAFFIC, a group that monitors the illegal trade in wildlife, has found thousands of animal parts and products – from pangolin scales to ivory and bear bile – for sale in five countries in mainland Southeast Asia, underlining the region’s struggle ...

The headwaters of the Mekong River are located on the Tibetan plateau in China. The 4,350 kilometre-long river flows through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Thailand is seeking to establish a regional fund with its riparian neighbours. The fund is intended to provide capital ...

The collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of Attapeu Province, Lao PDR on July 23 is a major tragedy that took the lives of at least 34 Laotians, with at least 100 more still missing and thousands displaced. Some 50 days on, ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday that the river’s water level in Kratie province is expected to decrease by 50cm to 1.5m from April 12-19, as the outflow from China’s Jinghong hydropower station is gradually reduced by half to accommodate the Dai ethnic ...

he ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) has awarded eleven tour products in six categories for the trips with destinations to the ASEAN Member States (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) as winners of the ASEAN Tourism Awards Japan 2018. With the ...

The region’s transportation network stands to get an investment boost after the The 21st Greater Mekong Subregion Ministerial Conference decided on a new investment plan on December 1. Six ministers from GMS countries — China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar — endorsed an additional ...

 ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ຄະດີກ່ຽວກັບນັກທຸລະກິດຄົນດັງຂອງລາວທີ່ຖືກປັບໄໝກ່ຽວກັບການລະເມີດກົດຈໍລະຈອນກຳລັງເປັນຫົວຂໍ້ດັງໃນການສົນທະນາຜ່ານສື່ສັງຄົມອອນໄລ ຫຼັງຈາກທີ່ມີການສະເໜີກລະນີດັ່ງກ່າວເພື່ອຂໍຄຳເຫັນມະຫາຊົນ.ນັກທຸລະກິດຊາຍດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ຖືກສັ່ງໃຫ້ຢຸດລົດ ເພື່ອກວດສອບເອກະສານໂດຍເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ຕຳຫຼວດ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຂັບລົດຈິບໄປຕາມເສັ້ນທາງເລກທີ 13 ໃຕ້ ທີ່ແຂວງຄຳມ່ວນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່  ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ພະແນກຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວ, ວັດທະນະທຳ ແລະ ທ່ອງທ່ຽວແຂວງໄຊສົມບູນ ແລະ ບໍລິສັດຄຳໄພຊະນະກຣຸບ ໄດ້ເລີ່ມເຮັດບົດວິເຄາະຄວາມເປັນໄປໄດ້ໃນການພັດທະນາແຫຼ່ງທ່ອງທ່ຽວພູເບ້ຍ, ແນໃສ່ສົ່ງເສີມການປົກປັກຮັກສາສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ ພ້ອມທັງພັດທະນາພື້ນທີ່ແຫຼ່ງທ່ອງທ່ຽວໃນຂະນະດຽວກັນ.ພູເບ້ຍ ແມ່ນຈອມພູທີ່ສູງທີ່ສຸດໃນປະເທດລາວ ມີຄວາມສູງ 2,820 ແມັດ. ພູດັ່ງກ່າວຕັ້ງຢູ່ເມືອງອານຸວົງ ຫ່າງຈາກເທດສະບານແຂວງໄປທາງເໜືອ 30 ກມ. ມີອຸນນະພູມເທິງຈອມພູສະເລ່ຍຕໍ່ປີ ປະມານ -5˚C.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Thailand has designated 24 provinces as “surveillance areas” for African swine fever and ordered strict animal controls in hopes of preventing an outbreak of the deadly disease that has hit its neighbours, an agriculture official said on Friday. Thailand has been on high alert since the ...

ໃນວັນທີ 24 ມິຖຸນາ, ປະເທດອົດສະຕາລີ, ເຢຍລະມັນ ແລະ ສະວິດເຊີແລນ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ການສະໜັບສະໜູນເກືອບ 13 ລ້ານໂດລາສະຫະລັດໃຫ້ແກ່ ຄະນະກຳມາທິການແມ່ນ້ ຳຂອງ (MRC) ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອປະເທດ ກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ, ໄທ, ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມໃນການຮັບມືກັບສິ່ງທ້າທາຍຕ່າງໆ ເພື່ອປົກປ້ອງລະບົບນິເວດວິທະຍາຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ ແລະ ປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງປະຊາຊົນ.ພາຍໃຕ້ແຜນຍຸດທະສາດປີ 2021-2025, ຄະນະກຳມາທິການແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ ຈະຮັບປະກັນໃຫ້ແຜນການຜະລິດພະລັງງານແຫ່ງຊາດ ໃໝ່ ພິຈາລະນາແຫຼ່ງກຳລັງການຜະລິດທີ່ມີປະສິດຕິພາບ, ເຊິ່ງລວມທັງພະລັງງານນ້ຳ – ອາຫານພ້ອມທັງເລັ່ງໃສ່ນຳໃຊ້ພະລັງງານລົມ ແລະ ພະລັງງານແສງຕາເວັນຕື່ມອີກ. ມັນທັງຈະສົ່ງເສີມຄວາມຫຼາກຫຼາຍທາງເພດ, ຄວາມສະເໝີພາບ ແລະ ການມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມຢູ່ໃນຂະແໜງການນ້ຳ. ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ  ...

On Thursday, April 25, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation in Beijing. Heads of state and other senior government officials from 37 governments will attend, including representatives from ...

The government says the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor is ready to be an important part of China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, which envisions connectivity between China and Eurasia. Speaking Monday at a seminar entitled “Thailand-Hong Kong-Shanghai Strategic Partnership on One Belt, One Road,” Deputy ...