The upcoming visit to Vietnam from April 19-20 by Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to strengthen bilateral ties and tighten the Vietnam-Myanmar comprehensive cooperative partnership. []They have supported each other at sub-regional, regional and international forums such as the United Nations, ASEAN, ...

The Mekong is the world’s 12th-longest river, second only to the Amazon in terms of biodiversity importance, and the world’s most productive inland fishery. It is also a transboundary river – rising from the glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau, in China, before tumbling down through ...

In mid February, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) issued a letter to the Rak Chiang Khong Group, a Thai Mekong community network. The letter stated that a decision on signing the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Pak Beng Dam in Laos has ...

Thailand is equipped with the legal framework and policies to protect the rights of migrants, according to international standards, but their implementation remains a problem, a conference held to mark International Migrants’ Day was told Monday.[]”The Thai government is fulfilling its commitments to an MoU which ...

ຫຼັງຈາກເຫດໄພພິບັດນ້ຳຖ້ວມກະທັນຫັນຄັ້ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ເມືອງສະໜາມໄຊ ແຂວງອັດຕະປື, ອົງການຢູນິເຊັບຮ່ວມກັບລັດຖະບານລາວ ໂດຍສະເພາະແມ່ນກະຊວງສຶກສາທິການ ໃນການຈັດຫາການບັນເທົາທຸກສຸກເສີນສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ 5,300 ຄົນ ແລະ ຄອບຄົວຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ. ອົງການຢູນິເຊັບໄດ້ສຳເລັດການຕິດຕັ້ງເຄື່ອງປັ່ນໄຟຫ້າຊຸດ, ຫ້ອງນ້ຳເຄື່ອນທີ່ 26 ຫຼັງ, ເຈາະນ້ຳບາດານ 12 ແຫ່ງ ແລະ ແຈກຢາຍອຸປະກອນສຸຂະອະນາໄມໃນແຄ້ມຫ້າແຫ່ງ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

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 ...

The Greater Mekong Subregion is one of the fast-growing markets for air transport services today.[] Bangkok is still the busiest aviation hub in the subregion, followed by Kunming, said the report. It notes that more airports are being connected to international destinations because of Open ...

The Thai government has reiterated its determination to register and legalize all of some 3.8 million migrant workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos by the end of March. The country started to provide legal services to foreign workers in early February by opening 80 One-Stop ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have reached an agreement on the implementation of a cross-border transport facilitation agreement (CBTA). Transport ministers from six GMS countries comprising Việt Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, as well as Thailand and China, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on ...

Leaders of the six riparian countries of the Lancang-Mekong, namely China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, are to meet Wednesday and Thursday in Phnom Penh for the 2nd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders’ Meeting. On the agenda is endorsement of a Five-year Plan of Action and ...

Children at school in Lao PDR prior to the pandemic. Photo by Asian Development Bank via Flickr. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Overview Long-standing issues have impacted the education systems of the Mekong region. At the core, the systems themselves are poor, from the infrastructure to the ...

National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) are voluntary, country-specific commitments to action that reduce emissions compared to ‘business as usual’ volumes.60 Recognizing that “economic and social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties,” the focus on NAMAs is ...

Open Development Laos (ODL) ເປັນສ່ວນໜຶ່ງທີ່ນອນໃນເຄືອຂ່າຍ ຖານຂໍ້ມູນແບບເປີດເພື່ອການພັດທະນາ, ເປັນການຮ່ວມມືຂອງບັນດາອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງສາກົນ ໃນການບໍລິຫານຈັດການຖານຂໍ້ມູນເປີດ, ເຜີຍແຜ່ຄວາມຮູ້ຮ່ວມກັນ ແລະ ແບ່ງປັນຂໍ້ມູນຂ່າວສານ, ແຜນທີ່ ແລະ ຖານຂໍ້ມູນ ທີ່ສ່ອງແສງເຖິງແນວໂນ້ມການພັດທະນາ ຢູ່ໃນບັນດາປະເທດ ແລະ ລະດັບພາກພື້ນແມ່ນຳ້ຂອງ.​ ຮູບແບບ ແລະ ເຄືອຂ່າຍການດຳເນີນງານດັ່ງກ່າວ ແມ່ນເປັນການປະສານສົບທົບກັນ ກັບ ບັນດາຄູ່ຮ່ວມມືໃນທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ເພື່ອສົ່ງເສີມລະບົບນິເວດຂອງຖານຂໍ້ມູນແບບຍືນຍົງ ແລະ ຢ່າງມີຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບ.ເພື່ອບັນລຸຈຸດໝາຍດັ່ງກ່າວ, Open Development Laos ພ້ອມກັບບັນດາຄູ່ຮ່ວມມືຈຶ່ງໄດ້:ສະໜອງ ປະຕູຂໍ້ມູນເປີດ ຫຼື Open Data portal ຕໍ່ຜູ້ມີຄວາມຕ້ອງການນຳໃຊ້ ແລະ ຜູ້ສະໜອງລະບົບນິເວດຖານຂໍ້ມູນ ໃຫ້ໄດ້ເຂົ້າມາມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມນຳ.ສ້າງພື້ນທີ່ປຶກສາຫາລືແລກປ່ຽນ ໃຫ້ບັນດາຜູ້ນຳໃຊ້ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າເຖິງຂໍ້ມູນສະຖິຕິ, ແຜນທີ່, ບົດລາຍງານ, ຂ່າວສານ, ຂໍ້ກຳນົດ ແລະ ...

The Mekong River is Southeast Asia’s beating heart, coursing almost 5,000 km through China, where it is known as the Lancang River, and onward through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before entering Vietnam and flowing into the sea. More than 70 million people rely on the ...

China has had a setback in its infrastructure building along the Mekong River after Thailand cancelled a project on the vital Southeast Asian waterway. But observers say that without more coordination between downstream countries, China’s influence in the region will continue to go unchallenged. In a ...

China’s plan to invest in rubber plantations in Thailand must be carefully considered, says Grisada Boonrach, minister to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, but such projects must not impact local farmers. His comment was made in response to a report that China Hainan Rubber ...

As Sino-US trade tension intensifies, there has been talk that China plans to set up a free trade zone (FTZ) on the border between Thailand and Laos. If the FTZ becomes a reality, it will be part of a long-term effort to achieve closer economic ...

Multiple dams and hydropower projects being built in China on the Lancang Jiang River, which becomes the Mekong River when it leaves China, are having a significant effect on the livelihoods and living conditions of millions of people along the Mekong River in downstream countries. ...