Open regionalism remains on track in the Mekong region although there is an anti-globalisation wave and rising protectionism in other parts of the world. Regional integration has been and will be one of the main foreign policy objectives of the Mekong countries. The 8th ACMECS (Ayeyawady-Chao ...

The Mekong Mini Movie Festival will make its debut at TRAVEX this Friday as a year-long event to celebrate the myriad faces and experiences of the Greater Mekong Subregion, promote the region as a single tourist destination, and attract business. Jens Thraenhart, executive director of ...

Hydropower is one of Southeast Asia’s biggest renewable energy sources, however, many still remain oblivious to the damaging side-effects of hydropower projects. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), hydropower capacity in the region grew almost threefold from 16 GW to 44 GW between ...

BY KAENG E-KHIEW Waterfall in northeastern Buntrik-Yod Mon Wildlife Sanctuary a mature male elephant lay dead, with traces of a highly volatile bullet left in its mouth and its bud. Another AK47 bullet was found buried in its ribs. A check of camera traps installed one ...

B GRIMM Power recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Poipet PP SEZ Co, one of the largest industrial-estate operators in Cambodia, to develop a power-transmission line at its industrial park in the western city of Poipet. This will be the company’s starting point in ...

Representatives from Laos, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam gathered in Vientiane on Friday for the opening of a centre that will foster close cooperation and support for the fight against illicit drugs in the region. []Speaking at the ceremony, Major General Somvang said: “Currently, drug ...

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Less than half of the monitoring stations set up by the Mekong River Commission in Cambodia are operational due to a lack of financial commitment from the Cambodian government, officials said yesterday, jeopardising the collection of important environmental and hydrological data.Though the stations were set ...

Ca Mau, which once benefited from coastal accretion, is now asking for US$6.7 million from the government to deal with relentless erosion.   Vietnam’s southernmost province has a coastline of more than 250 kilometers and the sea has eaten along 80 percent of it, by 50 meters ...

Water levels on the Mekong River, which flows through China and five other countries before emptying into the South China Sea, have dropped once again after Beijing revealed it was testing equipment at one of its 11 dams in the upper reaches of the vital ...

Water management in the Mekong region is, in practice, dominated by energy objectives. In Cambodia, the priority is to substitute domestically produced hydropower for expensive diesel and electricity imports. In Laos, the priority is to generate revenue by drawing in foreign investment in dams and ...

A rich fishery in Southeast Asia is at risk because of overfishing, pollution and hydroelectric dams. The Tonle Sap is a freshwater lake in the middle of Cambodia. The lake shrinks and expands by thousands of kilometers, depending on the season.[]“There are plans to build ...

Although the Mekong is popularly seen as a South East Asian river, its headwaters are located in China, where it is known as the Lancang. From there it flows through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The future of the Mekong, though, will be heavily ...

The industrial sector in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam contributed 32.3 per cent of the region’s GDP in 2017 and provided an estimated 20 per cent of the employment, said the IFC, the private-sector arm of the World Bank. It said that industrial zones provide ...

ກອງປະຊຸມສະໄໝວິສາມັນເທື່ອທຳອິດຂອງສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ຊຸດທີ 9 ໄດ້ເລິ່ມຂຶ້ນໃນວັນພະຫັດ ເພື່ອປຶກສາຫາລືມາດຕະການແກ້ໄຂຄວາມຫຍຸ້ງຍາກທາງດ້ານການເງິນ ແລະ ເສດຖະກິດ; ສະກັດກັ້ນບັນຫາຢາເສບຕິດ. ທ່ານນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີໄດ້ໃຫ້ ຄຳໝັ້ນສັນຍາວ່າລັດຖະບານຈະຕ້ອງຕັດສິນໃຈ, ມີຄວາມໂປ່ງໃສ ແລະ ເປັນມືອາຊີບໃນການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດວາລະ ແລະ ແກ້ໄຂບັນຫາດັ່ງກ່າວ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ທີ່ນີ້   ...

China has pledged to work closely with Thailand under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) framework to help promote the development of the Mekong Basin region. The pledge was conveyed by China’s Ambassador to Thailand, Lyu Jian, in a statement released on Sunday to mark the start of the ...

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ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງເຊິ່ງໄຫຼຜ່ານປະເທດລາວ ກຳລັງຜະເຊີນກັບສະພາບລະດັບນ້ຳທີ່ຕ່ຳທີ່ສຸດໃນປະຫວັດສາດ ເນື່ອງຈາກຝົນຂາດຊ່ວງ.ຢູ່ວຽງຈັນ ລະດັບນ້ຳໃນແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນຢູ່ທີ່ 0.7 ແມັດ, ຫຼື 5.54 ແມັດຕ່ຳກວ່າລະດັບນ້ຳສະເລ່ຍໃນຮອບ 57 ປີ (1961-2018). ເຊິ່ງຕ່ຳກວ່າລະດັບນ້ຳຕ່ຳສຸດທີ່ເຄີຍວັດແທກໄດ້ 1.36 ແມັດ.ໃນລະຫວ່າງວັນທີ 16 ແລະ 18 ກໍລະກົດ, ລະດັບນ້ຳຢູ່ສະຖານນີວັດແທກນ້ຳດັ່ງກ່າວແມ່ນຢູ່ທີ່ 5.58 ແມັດ, ຕາມຄະນະກຳມາທິການແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ (MRC).ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...