“Pulse of the Forest” showcases both the threats and the potential for the forests of the Greater Mekong region, which consists of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The region is one of 11 global deforestation fronts – areas that in the coming decades ...

Civil servants and young people are the biggest drinkers in Vietnam, according to a recent survey by the Institute of Sociology in Hanoi.   The institute on 25 November released the results of the survey, conducted in Hanoi and Lao Cai Province in the north, Da Nang City ...

One of the five major drug smuggling groups operating in the region has been crushed and its 26 networks destroyed by the Safe Mekong Joint Operation, Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya announced on Wednesday.Gen Paiboon was briefing the media on progress in the third phase of ...

Opportunities in the tourism business in Nan, in the eastern part of the Northern region, will be highlighted once the 114-kilometre Hongsa-Chiangman Road is completed in 2018, making it a short cut to Luang Prabang in Laos. “There will be an opportunity to do business in ...

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China deserves credit for shutting down the illegal trading in elephant ivory that has contributed in recent years to the killing of thousands of African pachyderms. But much credit should also go to international nongovernment organizations that have championed the elephants’ cause and raised public ...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam have the highest potential risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus due to the spreads of ASF in Yunnan Province in China which borders Myanmar, said Dr. Min Thein Maw, Director of Livestock ...

Recent work by the Stimson Center, IUCN, the University of California-Berkeley, and The Nature Conservancy shows if Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam take advantage of recent advances in renewable power generation and transmission technologies, they can achieve energy security (defined as the uninterrupted availability of ...

Delegations from all six members of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), including Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the third friendship border exchange program in Vietnam’s Hanoi capital on Saturday evening. During the exchange program, with the presence of Vietnam’s top legislator ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold an international Forum on Economic Development and Public Policy in Bali, Indonesia on December 7-8, 2017.The invitation-only forum is themed “Riding the Waves of Technological Change: The Way Forward to Drive Productivity and Alleviate Inequality”Participants will be senior ...

Mekong Institute, supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme, is going to organize Communicating Food Safety: Regional Media Training Program on Food Safety Reporting in CLMV on August 6–10 at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Full scholarships will be provided to about 20 media/communication professionals of Cambodia, Lao ...

Countries in the Mekong basin, notably those located in the lower part of the river – Asia’s seventh longest – are in need of a collective strategy to secure their future, given China’s control of the upstream part and ongoing changes in global geo-politics. The ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook 2017 has reported that Malaysia’s poverty rate is the lowest among South-East Asian countries, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak.He said it was just 3.8% compared to Vietnam and Indonesia (11.3%), Thailand (12.6%) ...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will chair the meeting in Sanya on 23 March, which will also involve the leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. They will discuss the formulation of initiatives and measures under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation.  At Wednesday’s meeting the discussion will focus on a ...

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The government is seeking to develop ways of increasing the benefit felt by Cambodia from economic corridors opened throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion as part of ASEAN integration, an official has said. The economic corridors are intended to spur economic integration in ASEAN and boost infrastructure ...

ທະນາຄານໂລກໄດ້ອະນຸມັດໂຄງການປັບປຸງເສັ້ນທາງເລກທີ 13 ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍຍົກລະດັບຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງປະຊາຊົນທີ່ອາໃສຢູ່ລຽບຕາມເສັ້ນທາງສາຍຫຼັກດັ່ງກ່າວ. ໃນອາທິດທີ່ຜ່ານມາ ພາຍຫຼັງໄດ້ມີການຕົກລົງອະນຸມັດໂຄງການຈາກຄະນະບໍລິຫານ, ທະນາຄານໂລກໄດ້ອອກຖະແຫຼງການກ່ຽວກັບໂຄງການ ເພື່ອແນໃສ່ປັບປຸງສະພາບ, ຄວາມປອດໄພ, ແລະ ຄວາມສາມາດປັບຕົວຕໍ່ການປ່ຽນແປງຂອງສະພາບອາກາດ ຂອງຕອນທາງທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງເສັ້ນທາງເລກທີ່ 13, ໜຶ່ງໃນເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ສຳຄັນທີ່ສຸດຂອງລາວອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ເມືອງຫຼວງພະບາງ ເມືອງມໍລະດົກໂລກແຫ່ງທຳອິດຂອງລາວ ໄດ້ຮັບການລົງຄະແນນສຽງໃຫ້ເປັນ ເມືອງທ່ອງທ່ຽວທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດ ຈາກຜູ້ອ່ານວາລະສານການທ່ອງທ່ຽວແວນເດີລັສ໌ ຂອງສະຫະລາດຊະອານາຈັກໃນປີນີ້.ທ່ານ ສຸລິທິບ ໜໍ່ຂຸນພົນ ຫົວໜ້າພະແນກຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວ, ວັດທະນະທຳ ແລະ ທ່ອງທ່ຽວແຂວງ ໄດ້ບອກຜ່ານໜັງສືພີມວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌ວານນີ້ວ່າ ເມືອງພວກເຮົາໄດ້ຮັບລາງວັນໃນປະເພດເມືອງທ່ອງທ່ຽວທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດໃນໂລກ ໃນການຈັດອັນດັບຂອງວາລະສານການທ່ອງທ່ຽວແວນເດີລັສ໌.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ການແຜ່ກະຈາຍຂອງຂ່າວລື ແລະ ຂໍ້ມູນທີ່ບໍ່ເປັນຈິງໃນສື່ສັງຄົມອອນໄລຕ່າງໆ ໄດ້ສ້າງໄພຂົ່ມຂູ່ຕໍ່ຄວາມສະຫງົບ, ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ແລະ ຄວາມເປັນລະບຽບຮຽບຮ້ອຍຂອງສັງຄົມ, ຕາມການຫາລືໃນກອງປະຊຸມ.ໃນຄຳເຫັນໃນພິທີເປີດກອງປະຊຸມ, ທ່ານ ສະຫວັນຄອນ ຣາຊມຸນຕຣີ ຮອງລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວ,​ ວັດທະນະທຳ ແລະ ທ່ອງທ່ຽວ, ໄດ້ກ່າວຕໍ່ຄະນະຜູ້ແທນລາວ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ ແລະ ບັນດາຊ່ຽວຊານວ່າ ບັນຫາດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ກາຍເປັນສິ່ງທ້າທາຍໃນລະດັບສາກົນ, ເປັນໄພຕໍ່ຄວາມສະຫງົບຂອງຊາດ ແລະ ຄວາມເປັນລະບຽບຮຽບຮ້ອຍຂອງສັງຄົມ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ນັກກົດໝາຍຈະປຶກສາຫາລື 13​ ຮ່າງກົດໝາຍໃນກອງປະຊຸມສະໄໝສາມັນ ຄັ້ງທີ 5 ຂອງສະພານິຕິບັນຍັດແຫ່ງຊາດ ຊຸດທີ 8 ເພື່ອເດີນໜ້າການກໍ່ສ້າງລາວ ໃຫ້ເປັນປະເທດທີ່ປົກຄອງໂດຍກົດໝາຍ. ທ່ານນາງສວນສະຫວັນ ວິຍະເກດ ເລຂາທິການໃຫຍ່ສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ໃນຖະແຫຼງຜ່ານສື່ມວນຊົນໃນມື້ວານນີ້ວ່າ ກອງປະຊຸມປຶກສາຫາລືດັ່ງກ່າວມີແຜນຈະຈັດຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 5-28, ເຊິ່ງຈັດຂຶ້ນສອງຄັ້ງຕໍ່ປີ, ຈະພິຈາລະນາຫ້າຮ່າງກົດໝາຍໃໝ່ ແລະ ຮ່າງກົດໝາຍດັດແກ້ອີກ 8 ສະບັບ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...