About 1,137 Myanmar migrant workers returned home from Thailand on Tuesday, a day after Christmas, according to the Home Affairs Ministry Wednesday.[]The law, which was originally aimed at tackling human trafficking concerns and regulating foreign workers in Thailand, sparked panic and prompted more than 60,000 ...

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ກອງທຶນສາກົນເພື່ອການພັດທະນາກະສິກຳ (IFAD) ມີແຜນໃຫ້ທຶນກູ້ຢືມຈຳນວນ 40 ລ້ານໂດລາສະຫະລັດ ເພື່ອສົ່ງເສີມໂຄງການສ້າງໂອກາດຍຸດທະສາດຂອງປະເທດ (COSOP) 2018-24 ໃນລາວ. ກອງທຶນໃໝ່ຈະນຳໃຊ້ເພື່ອເສີມຂະຫຍາຍການຜະລິດກະສິກຳຕາມທ້ອງຕະຫຼາດ, ການບໍລິການການເງິນຊົນນະບົດ ແລະ ລະບົບການຄຸ້ມຄອງແບບຍືນຍົງສຳລັບທະນາຄານບ້ານ ເພື່ອລົງທຶນໃນໂຄງການຊົນລະປະທານຂະໜາດນ້ອຍ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

(English) A free public forum on 'International financing of dams in the Mekong: Responses to ten years of banking on Nam Theun 2'. 10am, 2 October, Bangkok. ...

Global Data BarometerOpen Development Laos ສົ່ງເສີມ the Open Development Initiative ຮ່ວມກັບ Sinar Project, ໂດຍຜ່ານ the D4D Asia Hub, ແລະ ໄດ້ຮ່ວມມືກັບ the Global Data Barometer ເພື່ອພັດທະນາຊັບພະຍາກອນໃໝ່ກ່ຽວກັບຂໍ້ມູນເພື່ອປະໂຫຍດຂອງສາທາລະນະ.  The Global Data Barometer ມີຄວາມຄາດຫວັງເພື່ອລົບລ້າງຄວາມແຕກໂຕນດ້ານຄວາມຮູ້ດ້ານນະໂຍບາຍຂໍ້ມູນ ແລະ ພາກປະຕິບັດ ໃນແຕ່ລະຂະແໜງການທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນໃນແຕ່ລະພາກພື້ນ ແລະ ປະເທດໃນໂລກ. ນັບຈາກການຄົ້ນຄ້ວາສ້າງຂໍ້ມູນເປີດ Barometer ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ຖືກນຳໃຊ້ເພື່ອຂັບເຄື່ອນອຳນາດຕັດສິນໃຈ, ການສົ່ງເສີມ ແລະ ການຄົ້ນຄ້ວາທາງວິຊາການທົ່ວໂລກ; ພວກເຮົາ ກຳລັງສ້າງດັດຊະນີຂອງໂລກແບບໃໝ່ ທີ່ຕິດຕາມຂອບເຂດທີ່ຂໍ້ມູນຈະຖືກຄຸ້ມຄອງ, ແບ່ງປັນ ແລະ ...

In the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, communities in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province are taking stock of the toll wreaked by heavy rains and rising rivers. At least 33 people lost their lives in the country since mid-August amid hazardous conditions that devastated riverside homes, businesses and ...

Eleven massive dams straddle the mighty Mekong River before it leaves China and flows into Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and on into Vietnam. Yet I have long been skeptical  that China could use those 11 upstream dams, massive as they are, to turn off the ...

Immigration officials in Chang Saen, Chiang Rai have arrested 18 Chinese nationals for illegal entry after crossed the Mekong from Laos. Immigration police said the Chinese Nationals were found taking refuge at a local restaurant. Chiang Rai Immigration police said they were tipped off about the ...

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 ...

Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia have been asked to adopt stronger solutions to deal with plastic pollution in the Mekong River and its tributaries. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) said in a Wednesday report that the four member countries should establish a “joint, permanent mechanism to ...

Mekong Tourism launches an aerial video and photography campaign ‘Mekong From Above’ to boost travel awareness in the six-country region. Mekong From Above invites photo and video enthusiasts to present their best aerial shots that showcase the life and landscapes of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) ...

The leaders of five Mekong River basin countries on Saturday adopted a five-year master plan focused on improving transportation infrastructure, harmonizing trade and investment rules, and human resources development. The 2019-2023 master plan, the first of its kind, was endorsed by the leaders of Cambodia, ...

The leaders of five Mekong River basin countries on Saturday adopted a five-year master plan focused on improving transport infrastructure, harmonising trade and investment rules, and human resources development. The 2019-23 master plan, the first of its kind, was endorsed by the leaders of Thailand, Cambodia, ...

The 25th meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council was convened in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on November 28. It brought together 120 delegates from the council’s four member countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The commission’s dialogue ...

The Second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders’ Meeting approved a Five-year Action Plan (2018-2022) here on late Wednesday, charting the course for the LMC’s development into the next decade. With a theme of “Our River of Peace and Sustainable Development,” the meeting gathered leaders of China, ...

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 ...

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In 2015, the FAO’s Global Forest Resource Assessment estimated that the Greater Mekong Subregion had 88.4 million hectares of forest, equivalent to 46% of the region’s land area and shared by 237 million people. The WWF reports that between 1973 and 2009 region lost approximately one-third ...

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is planning to launch a board that lists securities from its less-developed neighbors — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. By mid-2018 it will also introduce an index of Thai-listed companies that have exposure to the so-called CLMV countries, allowing investors to ...

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 ...