Thai activist sued for defamation as poultry firm vows more cases
A defamation case by a Thai poultry farm against an activist who tweeted allegations of labour abuse should be dropped, a rights group urged Wednesday (Nov 28), as the complainant vowed further action against “so-called human rights defenders”. Thailand exports billions of dollars of farm ...
25th meeting of Mekong Council reviews work on river
The 25th meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council was convened in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on November 28. It brought together 120 delegates from the council’s four member countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The commission’s dialogue ...
Major reservoir at risk of pollution
Đá Đen reservoir, which supplies water to 90 per cent of the people in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, is at risk of being severely polluted. Many local residents in Châu Đức and Tân Thành districts bordering the reservoir are worried that the waste water treatment plant ...
Surge in Red River hurts Vietnamese crops
After hydrologists warned last week that huge discharges of water from Chinese reservoirs upstream would flood the Hong (Red River) in the north, water levels have risen sharply, damaging ships and destroying crops. The Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper reported that the water discharge ...
Methamphetamines from Myanmar are causing problems across Asia
The Chinese cemetery in Kutkai, a town in the north of Myanmar’s Shan state, is a popular spot to get high. Twitchy men with gaunt faces and wild eyes lurk near its entrance. The ornate tombs provide a good place to stash drugs and weapons ...
May presses PM on free and open elections
British Prime Minister Theresa May told Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to continue progress towards free and open elections in Thailand in line with international standards, including lifting restrictions on political parties at an early stage, a Downing Street spokesperson said. []With such a platform, he said, ...
Crocodile lizard is one of 115 new species found in Greater Mekong
A snail-eating turtle found in a food market and a bat with a horseshoe-shaped face are among 115 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region. A report from the conservation charity WWF reveals that three new mammals, 11 amphibians, two fish, 11 reptiles and 88 ...
The Guardian Reporter
Mekong countries urged to fight plastic pollution in rivers
Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia have been asked to adopt stronger solutions to deal with plastic pollution in the Mekong River and its tributaries. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) said in a Wednesday report that the four member countries should establish a “joint, permanent mechanism to ...
VnExpress
Thailand: Southeast Asia’s Last Hope for Wildlife?
With wildlife populations in Indochina in rapid decline, Thailand is the last great hope for the region’s natural heritage, particularly for large carnivores such as tigers and leopards. In fact, many donor organizations feel that Thailand has already achieved mid-level development status, making it more ...
Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region - report
Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural residents of Southeast Asia’s Mekong region saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two decades, according to researchers. More than 5.1 million hectares of land – an area larger than ...
Acmecs leaders adopt 5-year plan
The leaders of five Mekong River basin countries on Saturday adopted a five-year master plan focused on improving transport infrastructure, harmonising trade and investment rules, and human resources development. The 2019-23 master plan, the first of its kind, was endorsed by the leaders of Thailand, Cambodia, ...
Mekong, a river of cooperation and development
The sixth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) are scheduled to take place in Hanoi from March 29 to 31. On the occasion, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wrote an article highlighting the significance of the GMS and ...
Nhan Dan Online Newspaper Reporter
Government, Asean in talks to take IMT highway up to Vietnam
The government is in talks with Asean countries to extend the India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) highway up to Vietnam, a senior official said today. India and Asean countries are holding consultations on the extension of the 1,360 km IMT highway — from Moreh in India to Mae-Sot ...
PTI
China eyes role as world’s power supplier
Deep in a tangle of planning bureaucracies in western Beijing, the future of a country nearly 3,000km away is under discussion. Xie Qiuye, president of China’s Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute, has been charged with developing an electricity plan for Laos, a nation struggling ...
Forum to protect Eld’s deer
Around 50 officers and wildlife conservationists from China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia gathered in Phnom Penh for a workshop intended as a forum to share information to help provide better protection for the Eld’s deer. The species is now a rare and ...
ບໍລິສັດນ້ຳເທີນ 2, ສະຖາບັນ IRD ລົງນາມໃນຂໍ້ຕົກລົງການຮ່ວມມື ດ້ານວິທະຍາສາດ ແລະ ວິຊາການ
(ຂປລ) ບໍລິສັດໄຟຟ້ານ້ຳເທີນ 2 ແລະ ສະຖາບັນຄົ້ນຄ້ວາເພື່ອການພັດທະນາແຫ່ງປະເທດຝຼັ່ງ (IRD) ໄດ້ລົງນາມໃນຂໍ້ຕົກລົງກ່ຽວກັບການຮ່ວມມືດ້ານວິທະຍາສາດ ແລະ ວິຊາການ ເພື່ອສົ່ງເສີມການຕິດຕາມລະບົບນິເວດທາງນ້ຳ ໃນອ່າງນ້ຳເທີນ 2.ພິທີເຊັນຂໍ້ຕົກລົງດັ່ງກ່າວ ໄດ້ຈັດຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 26 ພະຈິກນີ້ ທີ່ຫ້ອງການອົງການຝຼັ່ງໂກໂຟນ (AUF) ເຊິ່ງຕັ້ງຢູ່ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ (ມຊ) ວິທະຍາເຂດດົງໂດກ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
ໂຕະຂ່າວ ຂປລ
ທຸກຄົນຕ້ອງມີສິດສະເໝີພາບຕໍ່ໜ້າກົດໝາຍ: ຕາມການສະເໜີຂອງນັກຮ່າງກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍພົນລະເຮືອນ
ນັກຮ່າງກົດໝາຍສະເໜີ ປະຊາຊົນລາວທຸກຄົນໃນທຸກທ້ອງຖິ່ນຕ້ອງມີສິດສະເໝີພາບຕໍ່ໜ້າກົດໝາຍ ນີ້ລວມໄປເຖິງຄວາມເທົ່າທຽມທາງເພດ.ຄະນະອະນຸກຳມະການຮ່າງກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍພົນລະເຮືອນຍື່ນຂໍ້ສະເໜີຕາມເຫັນຂອງສະມາຊິກສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ໃນການທົບທວນຮ່າງກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍພົນລະເຮືອນວານນີ້.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
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Lancang-Mekong Cooperation leaders’ meeting hails achievements, maps out blueprint for future development
The Second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders’ Meeting approved a Five-year Action Plan (2018-2022) here on late Wednesday, charting the course for the LMC’s development into the next decade. With a theme of “Our River of Peace and Sustainable Development,” the meeting gathered leaders of China, ...
Khmer Times Reporter
ຄັດເລືອກສາມບໍລິສັດກໍ່ສ້າງທາງດ່ວນວຽງຈັນ
ສາມບໍລິສັດໄດ້ຖືກຄັດເລືອກໃຫ້ດຳເນີນການກໍ່ສ້າງເສັ້ນທາງດ່ວນເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ໃຈກາງນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນຫາເຂດຊານເມືອງ ເພື່ອຈຸດປະສົງຫຼຸດຜ່ອນຄວາມຄັບຄາໜາແໜ້ນໃນການຈໍລະຈອນໃນເຂດຕົວເມືອງ. ເສັ້ນທາງດ່ວນເຊິ່ງມີໄລຍະທາງ 15 ກມ ດັ່ງກ່າວ ແມ່ນເລີ່ມຕົ້ນແຕ່ບໍລິເວນສູນການຄ້າລາວໄອເຕັກ ເມືອງໄຊເສດຖາ ໄປຫາບ້ານດົງໝາກຄາຍ ເມືອງໄຊທານີ. ເສັ້ນທາດັ່ງກ່າວເປັນຈະສ້າງເປັນຖະໜົນສີ່ເລນ, ກວ້າງ 54 ແມັດ, ຕັດຂະໜານໄປຕາມຖະໜົນໄກສອນພົມວິຫານ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌
ບໍລິສັດຈີນສົນໃຈຍົກລະດັບສະໜາມບິນຢູ່ຊຽງຂວາງ
ການນຳແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງກ່າວໃນວັນພະຫັດຜ່ານມາວ່າ ບໍລິສັດສຳຫຼາດຂອງຈີນມີຄວາມສົນໃຈໃນການຍົກລະດັບສະໜາມບິນແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ ເພື່ອຈຸດປະສົງສ້າງເປັນສູນກາງສຳລັບການບໍລິການຂົນສົ່ງທາງອາກາດ. ການພັດທະນາສະໜາມບິນແມ່ນປັດໃຈສຳຄັນໃນການໃຫ້ບໍລິການ ເພື່ອຮອງຮັບການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຂອງອຸດສາຫະກຳການທ່ອງທ່ຽວ ຖ້າອົງການຢູແນັສໂກອະນຸມັດຂໍ້ສະເໜີຂອງລາວ ໃນການປະກາດໃຫ້ທົ່ງໃຫຫີນບູຮານເປັນພື້ນທີ່ມໍລະດົກໂລກ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌
