Environmental activists will petition the Administrative Court Thursday to help in their protest against the new Pak Beng dam project on the Mekong River in Laos, which could bring both ecological and economic impacts to the region. They want the court to encourage state agencies, ...

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) marked its third anniversary last week with the announcement that China’s trade with the five Mekong member countries – Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – has reached over US$260 billion for the period, highlighting the overarching role China plays in ...

“We are the worst, even when compared to Laos or Vietnam,” said Kulachada Chaipipat, campaign manager at the Southeast Asia Press Alliance. “Those two countries have seen stagnant, bad situations, but Thailand is going down.” Speaking on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on ...

The government of India yesterday approved the creation of a project development fund of about $75 million to help Indian firms invest in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam ‒ the so-called CLMV countries. “The project development fund will benefit India’s industrial community in terms of business ...

The government says the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor is ready to be an important part of China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, which envisions connectivity between China and Eurasia. Speaking Monday at a seminar entitled “Thailand-Hong Kong-Shanghai Strategic Partnership on One Belt, One Road,” Deputy ...

A bold Cambodian plan to secure World Heritage status along their stretch of the Mekong, where the free-flowing river has sustained some of the world’s greatest biodiversity, could provide much-needed respite to a river in danger of dying from dams and over-exploitation, experts say. In Phnom Penh, the Environment ...

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting took place in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with the participation of 10 Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretary General. The Vietnamese delegation to the meeting was led by Deputy Prime Minister and ...

A new study by TRAFFIC, a group that monitors the illegal trade in wildlife, has found thousands of animal parts and products – from pangolin scales to ivory and bear bile – for sale in five countries in mainland Southeast Asia, underlining the region’s struggle ...

The headwaters of the Mekong River are located on the Tibetan plateau in China. The 4,350 kilometre-long river flows through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Thailand is seeking to establish a regional fund with its riparian neighbours. The fund is intended to provide capital ...

The collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of Attapeu Province, Lao PDR on July 23 is a major tragedy that took the lives of at least 34 Laotians, with at least 100 more still missing and thousands displaced. Some 50 days on, ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday that the river’s water level in Kratie province is expected to decrease by 50cm to 1.5m from April 12-19, as the outflow from China’s Jinghong hydropower station is gradually reduced by half to accommodate the Dai ethnic ...

The Annual Country Reviews by Mekong Land Research Forum reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the field. Specialists have been selected from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to briefly ...

he ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) has awarded eleven tour products in six categories for the trips with destinations to the ASEAN Member States (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) as winners of the ASEAN Tourism Awards Japan 2018. With the ...

On Thursday, April 25, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation in Beijing. Heads of state and other senior government officials from 37 governments will attend, including representatives from ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ສູນຄົ້ນຄວ້າກ່ຽວກັບເຂົ້າ ພາຍໃຕ້ ສະຖາບັນຄົ້ນຄວ້າກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ແຫ່ງຊາດ (NAFRI), ກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ອອກມາຍອມຮັບວ່າລາວບໍ່ສາມາດບັນລຸເປົ້າໝາຍການສົ່ງອອກເຂົ້າຂອງລັດຖະບານ ທັງນີ້ແມ່ນຍ້ອນຊາວນາບໍ່ນຳໃຊ້ແນວພັນເຂົ້າຄຸນນະພາບດີ.ທ່ານ ປອ ຈັນທະກອນ ບົວລະພັນ ອຳນວຍການສູນກ່າວວ່າ ລັດຖະບານຈີນມີຂໍ້ຕົກລົງຮັບຊື້ເຂົ້າຈາກລາວໃນປະລິມານ 20,000 ໂຕນຕໍ່ປີ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

The region’s transportation network stands to get an investment boost after the The 21st Greater Mekong Subregion Ministerial Conference decided on a new investment plan on December 1. Six ministers from GMS countries — China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar — endorsed an additional ...

Thailand has designated 24 provinces as “surveillance areas” for African swine fever and ordered strict animal controls in hopes of preventing an outbreak of the deadly disease that has hit its neighbours, an agriculture official said on Friday. Thailand has been on high alert since the ...

ເສັ້ນທາງໃໝ່ທີ່ເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ລະຫວ່າງແຂວງຫຼວງພະບາງຂອງກັບຊາຍແດນຈັງຫວັດນ່ານຂອງໄທ ໄດ້ມີການເປີດນຳໃຊ້ຢ່າງເປັນທາງການ, ເຊິ່ງຊ່ວຍປະຢັດເວລາໃນການເດີນທາງສຳລັບນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວ.ເສັ້ນທາງໃໝ່ດັ່ງກ່າວແມ່ນຕັດຈາກເມືອງຫົງສາ ຫາແຂວງຫຼວງພະບາງ ແລະ ຕໍ່ຍາວໄປເຖິງດ່ານຊາຍແດນຈັງຫວັດນ່ານປະເທດໄທ.ກ່ອນໜ້າການກໍ່ສ້າງເສັ້ນທາງດັ່ງກ່າວ, ການເດີນທາງລະຫວ່າງສອງແຂວງຕ້ອງໃຊ້ເວລາເຖິງເກົ້າຊົ່ວໂມງ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ປະຈຸບັນ ການເດີນທາງແມ່ນໃຊ້ເວລາປະມານສີ່ເຖິງຫ້າຊົ່ວໂມງ. ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ເຂດເສດຖະກິດພິເສດ ບໍ່ເຕັນ ແຂວງຫຼວງນ້ຳທາ ຄາດຄະເນການລງທຶນຕ່ຳສຸດ US$10 ຕື້ໂດລາໃນການພັດທະນາພື້ນທີ່ທັງໝົດ, ຕາມຜູ້ຕາງໜ້າເຂດ.ເຂດເສດຖະກິດດັ່ງກ່າວມີຊາຍແດນຕິດກັບບໍ່ຫານ ແຂວງຢຸນນານ, ປະເທດຈີນ ແລະ ເປັນສ່ວນໜຶ່ງຂອງການຮ່ວມມືດ້ານເສດຖະກິດທີ່ມີການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ລະຫວ່າງລາວ ແລະ ຈີນ.ໃນປີ 2016 ເຂດດັ່ງກ່າວມີເນື້ອທີ່ 16.4 ກິໂລຕາແມັດ ແຕ່ມາໃນປະຈຸບັນມີການຂະຫຍາຍເປັນ 700​ ກວ່າເຮັກຕາ. ສາທາລະນຸປະໂຫຍດຄົບວົງຈອນກຳລັງຢູ່ໃນໄລຍະກໍ່ສ້າງ ລຽບຕາມເສັ້ນທາງຫຼວງຂະໜາດຫົກເລນ ແລະ ພື້ນຖານໂຄງລ່າງອື່ນໆ.ອ່ານຕໍ່  ...

ຮ້ານອາຫານຄົວລາວ ເຊິ່ງມີຊື່ສຽງໃນຖານະໜຶ່ງໃນຮ້ານອາຫານລາວທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມນິຍົມທີ່ສຸດ, ສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງວັນຄົບຮອບ 25 ປີ ຂອງການກໍ່ຕັ້ງທຸລະກິດ ດ້ວຍການເປີດໂຕສອງຫ້ອງໂຖງທີ່ຫາກໍ່ສຳເລັດການປັບປຸງ ທີ່ບໍລິເວນຊັ້ນສອງຂອງຮ້ານ, ພາຍໃຕ້ໂສມໜ້າໃໝ່ ທີ່ທັນສະໄໝ.ຮ້ານອາຫານພວກເຮົາ ບໍ່ໄດ້ທຳການປັບປຸງຫ້ອງໂຖງຄັ້ງໃຫຍ່ມາດົນແລ້ວ. ພວກເຮົາຮູ້ວ່າເຖິງເວລາແລ້ວ ທີ່ຕ້ອງປັບປຸງການຕົບແຕ່ງ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຂົ້າກັບອາຫານຊັ້ນຄຸນນະພາບ, ” ທ່ານນາງ ດາລາພອນ ພົນເສນາ ເຈົ້າຂອງຮ້ານອາຫານລຸ້ນທີ່ສອງ ກ່າວເຜີຍ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...