Mekong leaders urged to act
The future of the Mekong River – and potentially the food and economic security of Cambodia – is up for discussion this week, with Prime Minister Hun Sen and the leaders of Vietnam, Thailand and Laos expected to make a declaration on the development of ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Thailand’s Energy Review Delays Launch of Controversial Mekong Dam
A major energy review by Thailand has delayed the launch of a controversial dam on the Mekong. This could lead to further questions about future hydropower projects along the river. The Chinese-backed Pak Beng dam in Laos was supposed to be the third dam under construction ...
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ແມ່ນຫຍັງທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ແມ່ຍິງໃນພາກພື້ນແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງບໍ່ສາມາດເຂົ້າເຖິງຂໍ້ມູນເປີດໄດ້? ທຳຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຕໍ່ສິ່ງກີດຂວາງທີ່ພາໃຫ້ແມ່ຍິງບໍ່ສາມາດເຂົ້າເຖິງຂໍ້ມູນເປີດໄດ້ຢູ່ໃນປະເທດກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ, ມຽນມາ ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມ ພາບຖ່າຍໂດຍ Mimi Thian ຈາກ Unsplash. Licensed freely on Unsplash.ຄວາມບໍ່ສະເໝີພາບທາງເພດ ໄດ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນເຖິງຊີວິດຂອງແມ່ຍິງໃນທົ່ວໂລກ. ພວກເຮົາໂຄງການ the Open Development Initiative, ມີຈຸດປະສົງຢາກເຂົ້າໃຈບັນຫາດັ່ງກ່າວວ່າມັນໄດ້ສົ່ງຜົນກະທົບຕໍ່ແມ່ຍິງຢູ່ໃນບັນດາປະເທດແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ, ມຽນມາ ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມ (CLMV) ໃນການເຂົ້າເຖິງຂໍ້ມູນເປີດແນວໃດ. ໃນປີ 2019, ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ລົງສຳຫຼວດ ແລະ ສຳເລັດຜົນການສຶກສາວິໃຈກ່ຽວກັບຫົວຂໍ້ນີ້ ແລະ ໄດ້ນຳເອົາຜົນສະຫຼຸບລົງເຜີຍແຜ່ຢູ່ໃນຂໍ້ມູນເປີດເພື່ອການພັດທະນາຂອງປະເທດແມ່ນຳ້ຂອງ (the Open Development Mekong). ທ່ານສາມາດດາວໂຫຼດ ບົດລາຍງານວິຊາການສະບັບພາສາລາວ ໄດ້ທີ່ນີ້ >>> ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າແຕ່ລະປະເທດ CLMV ຈະມີເອກະລັກສະເພາະ, ແຕ່ແມ່ຍິງພາຍໃນພາກພື້ນນີ້ຍັງພົບກັບສິ່ງກີດຂວາງທີ່ຄ້າຍຄຽງກັນເຊັ່ນ: ຂາດການຊຸກຍູ້ທີ່ພຽງພໍຈາກສະຖາບັນ ...
Mekong-Ganga countries to boost ties in water resources management
Six countries of the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC), namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and India, have agreed to enhance cooperation in managing and sustainably using water resources. Foreign ministers of the MGC countries reached the consensus at their ninth meeting on August 2 within the framework ...
Japan partners with ASEAN countries on disaster insurance
Japan will work with Southeast Asian nations like Laos and Myanmar to provide immediate financing after natural disasters so that recovery funds can be quickly distributed. Keep reading ...
Nikkei staff writers
Rising Mekong No Cause for Alarm: Engineer
A state engineer Thursday dismissed panicked reports in the media and online that the Mekong River is about to flood. Water released upriver from Thailand by a Chinese dam has caused levels to rise downriver between Thailand and Laos, but despite local news and social ...
Japan and Mekong countries to boost economic cooperation
Japan agreed to deepen cooperation with countries in the Mekong region, as Tokyo aims to maintain its influence in Southeast Asia with more and more countries falling under the sway of China. Ahead of a Japan-Mekong summit on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held ...
Residents fear Mekong blasting to proceed
Residents living along the Mekong River in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district have expressed strong opposition to a public hearing on China’s plans to blast away a stretch of rapids, saying there was no need for more talk about the proposal, which they would not ...
State of press freedom remains dire across much of region
An annual assessment of press freedom in 180 countries released by campaign group Reporters Without Borders reveals a mixed bag of progress and decline in the region. According to the Reporters Without Borders report, bloggers and citizen journalists in Vietnam are “the permanent targets of extremely ...
German grant to help Mekong countries deal with climate change
Germany committed to investing around 4.6 million US dollars in strengthening cross-border water cooperation among countries along the Mekong River. The fund would be utilized to bolster dialogue related to trans-boundary water resource planning and management among the lower Mekong countries: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Keep ...
Cambodian picked to guide Mekong Commission strategy
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) announced on Friday it had named Cambodian development expert An Pich Hatda as chief executive officer. It said the MRC Ministerial Council had recently chosen Hatda, a development professional by training, to be the top official at the secretariat for ...
Gas accounts for smaller share
Thailand’s heavy dependence on natural gas for the power sector has been trimmed to 60% from 70% thanks to greater use of coal and renewable sources, says the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo). The coal-fired Hongsa power plant in Laos has helped to increase the ...
Will work closely for early conclusion of RCEP talks: Suresh Prabhu
India today said it will work “closely and constructively” with all the members of RCEP for early conclusion of the negotiations for a mega trade deal. []To promote investments, the government had created a project development fund (PDF) to facilitate Indian investment in four countries of ...
The Economic Times Reporter
Save the Mekong calls for dam review
Pressure is mounting on the Lao PDR government to conduct a fresh impact assessment study of a proposed fourth dam on the lower Mekong River according to Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-government organisations. The call for a review and a fresh impact assessment coincided ...
Drug-resistant malaria is spreading, but experts clash over its global risk
In what scientists call a “sinister development,” a malaria parasite resistant to a widely used drug combination is on the march in Southeast Asia. It has rapidly made its way in an arc from western Cambodia, through northeastern Thailand, to southern Laos; now it has ...
Leslie Roberts
Vietnam attends India-CLMV trade conference in Cambodia
Potential for enhancing trade ties between India and CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) was highlighted at a conference which opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 21. Themed “India-CLMV economic development: Collaboration for regional integration”, the two-day event saw representatives from trade ministries, ...
Lower Mekong countries, the US enhance cooperation
Concerted efforts are needed to enhance cooperation between the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Việt Nam and the US in a number of areas, including education, energy security, food security, agriculture and health, Trần Quang Hoài, director of the Directorate of Disaster Management under ...
VNS Reporter
Civil society groups to boycott Prior Consultation on new Mekong dam
Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-governmental organizations, community-based groups and concerned citizens within the Mekong region, issued a statement on Friday announcing their intention to boycott the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC’s) Prior Consultation for the proposed Pak Lay dam. Pak Lay is the fourth ...
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ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ອົງການທ່ອງທ່ຽວມາເລເຊຍ ຈະໝູນໃຊ້ບຸນນະມັດສະການພະທາດຫຼວງປະຈຳປີ ໃນການໂຄສະນາສົ່ງເສີມການທ່ອງທ່ຽວໃນມາເລເຊຍ ເພື່ອດຶງດູດນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວໃຫ້ມາຢ້ຽມຊົມສະຖານທີ່ທ່ອງທ່ຽວທາງທຳມະຊາດ ແລະ ວັດທະນະທຳ.ອົງການທ່ອງທ່ຽວດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ເປີດຮ້ານວາງສະແດງໃນງານບຸນ ເພື່ອເຜີຍແຜ່ຂໍ້ມູນການທ່ອງທ່ຽວ ແລະ ໂຄສະນາສະຖານທີ່ທ່ອງທ່ຽວ ເພື່ອດຶງດູດນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວຈາກລາວ ເຊິ່ງເປັນໜຶ່ງໃນຕະຫຼາດເປົ້າໝາຍຂອງປະເທດມາເລເຊຍ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
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ຄລີນິກເອກະຊົນລວມ 248 ແຫ່ງທີ່ດຳເນີນໂດຍນັກທຸລະກິດທັງພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດໃນທົ່ວປະເທດໄດ້ຮັບຄຳສັ່ງໃຫ້ປິດກິດຈະການເປັນການຊົ່ວຄາວ ຫຼັງຈາກທີ່ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກກວດພົບວ່າທຸລະກິດເຫຼົ່ານີ້ລະເມີດຕໍ່ລະບຽບການສາທາລະນະສຸກ.ໃນນີ້ ມີຄລີນິກເອກະຊົນໃນວຽງຈັນກວ່າ 120 ແຫ່ງ, ຢູ່ແຂວງສະຫວັນນະເຂດກວ່າ 40 ແຫ່ງ ແລະ ອຸດົມໄຊ 16 ແຫ່ງ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
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