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ລັດຖະບານໄດ້ທຳການທົດລອງໂຄງການປະຕູດຽວແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ (LNSW) ທີ່ດ່ານຊາຍແດນສາກົນ ເພື່ອເພີ່ມຄວາມໄວໃນການຊຳລະພາສີຍານພາຫະນະ ແລະ ເຊື່ອມໂຍງປະເທດລາວເຂົ້າກັບລະບົບປະຕູດຽວຂອງອາຊຽນ. ກົມພາສີ ກະຊວງການເງິນ ໄດ້ເຊັນບົດບັນທຶກຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈກັບ ກົມຂົນສົ່ງ ກະຊວງໂຍທາທິການ ແລະ ຂົນສົ່ງ ໃນອາທິດທີ່ຜ່ານມາ ເພື່ອຮ່ວມມືກັນຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດຂະບວນການດັ່ງກ່າວ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

For the group of Tibetan youngsters, it was a rare opportunity to see what life is like on the lower reaches of the river known as the Lancang in China and the Mekong elsewhere. Hailing from Qinghai Province, near the source of the Lancang, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

A series of dams on the transboundary Mekong River has reduced water levels, damaging fisheries and causing other environmental problems for the people who depend on the waterway for their livelihoods and food.  Now, as the latest dam, the Lao-owned Xayaburi, begins operations on the Lower Mekong, a Thai activist group is ...

CHINA plans to further invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and the country’s agricultural technology as part of its effort to support the Thailand 4.0 policy while furthering its own One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. China is committed to facilitating a strong partnership ...

TMB Bank and ING Corporate Finance Asia have announced a partnership to provide a full range of services to Thai companies seeking to expand across borders through merger and acquisitions. [] The partnership would help companies across a broad range of industry sectors to expand in ...

“Echelon Thailand” will bring active start-up communities from around the Mekong region including CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) to connect with one another. The 26-27 November event organised by e27, Asia’s largest tech media platform, is expected to attract the best of the Mekong region’s ...