Arizona State University is preparing young scientists to improve environmental sustainability, health and economic development through social entrepreneurship. Last year, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering partnered with the U.S. Department of State to launch the Lower Mekong Initiative Young Scientist Program. The program’s overarching goal is to ...

Narongchai, a volunteer tour boat guide on the Mekong river in northeast Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom, has been doing this job for 16 years. “The Mekong is our mother river, binding everyone in the basin,” said Narongchai, describing the cross-border river part of his life. “The water ...

Community groups in Thailand and Myanmar have urged protection of human rights and prevention of environmental impacts – after Thai entrepreneurs were reported to have carried out abusive and environmentally damaging acts in neighbouring countries.​ Some 27 Thai non-government groups and the Dawei Development Association, a ...

The transboundary water crisis in the Lower Mekong Basin has been lingering for almost two decades without any certainty that it will be resolved soon. There have been many attempts at tackling this issue, including forming a regional governance body to facilitate policymaking conversations. However, ...

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E-commerce giant Alibaba Group is still investing in Thailand, planning to set up a regional electronic-trade centre and logistics system here to link Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam markets, Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana said. In response to China’s biggest e-commerce company also setting its foothold ...

ອີງຕາມ​ຮູບ​ພາບ​ທີ່​ນຳ​ອອກ​ເຜີຍ​ແຜ່​ໃນ​ສື່​ສັງຄົມ​ຂອງ​ຊາວ​ທ້ອງ​ຖິ່ນ, ຕົ້ນ​ໄມ້​ນັບ​ຮ້ອຍ​ຕົ້ນ​ໃນ​ເຂດ​ອະນຸລັກ​ຊີວະ​ນາໆ​ພັນ​ແຫ່ງ​ຊາດ​ດົງ​ຫົວ​ສາວ ​ໄດ້​ຖືກ​ຕັດ​ ​ເພື່ອ​ກະກຽມ​ປູກ​ມັນ​ຕົ້ນ.ປ່າສະຫງວນແຫ່ງຊາດ ດົງຫົວສາວ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ທາງທິດຕາເວັນອອກຂອງເມືອງປາກເຊ ປະມານ 30 ກິໂລແມັດ ແລະ ຫ່າງຈາກໃຈກາງເມືອງປາກຊັນ ປະມານ 10 ກິໂລແມັດ. ກວມເອົາເນື້ອທີ່ປະມານ 1,100 ຕາລາງກິໂລແມັດ ແລະ ໄດ້ຖືກປະກາດເປັນປ່າສະຫງວນແຫ່ງຊາດໃນປີ 1993. ຊຶ່ງລັດຖະບານ​ໄດ້​ກ່າວ​ວ່າ ຕົນ​ມີ​ແຜນການ​ພັດທະນາ​ເຂດ​ທ່ອງ​ທ່ຽວ​ນິ​ເວດ​ເປັນ​ສ່ວນ​ໜຶ່ງ​ຂອງ​ຄວາມ​ພະຍາຍາມ​ເພື່ອ​ກ້າວ​ໄປ​ສູ່​ການທ່ອງທ່ຽວ​ແບບ​ຍືນ​ຍົງ.ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມກົດດາວໂຫຼດ >> ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍປ່າໄມ້ສະບັບປັບປຸງປີ 2019 ໄດ້ ທີ່ນີ້   ...

[] A collection of shoals, reefs and islets off Chiang Rai province is the only serious block for 500-tonne Chinese riverboats past Thailand and all the way down to Luang Prabang in Laos. Beijing is once again applying economic and diplomatic pressure on Prime Minister ...

Energy officials will seek to better connect ASEAN members’ electricity grids into a regional energy network over the next five years to better utilise the countries’ respective strengths and weaknesses in power generation, it was announced at a meeting of the bloc in Myanmar’s capital ...

(KPL)- ອົງການ UNFPA ພ້ອມທັງ ບັນດາສະຖາບັນທີ່ໃຊ້ພາສາຝຣັ່ງເຊັ່ນ: Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), ຜູ້ຊ່່ຽວຊານພາສາຝຣັ່ງຕ່າງໆ ແລະ ກຸ່ມນັກສະແດງ-ນັກເຕັ້ນ ຈະເປີດງານສະແດງສິລະປະຫົວຂໍ້: “ຮ່າງກາຍຂອງເຮົາ, ຊີວິດຂອງເຮົາ, ອະນາຄົດຂອງເຮົາ” ສະໜັບສະໜູນໂດຍ ກອງທຶນການາດາເພື່ອຂໍ້ລິເລີ່ມທ້ອງຖິ່ນ”. ພາຍໃຕ້ຫົວຂໍ້: “ການສ້າງຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງໃຫ້ກັບຊາວ ໜຸ່ມ ເພື່ອການພັດທະນາຢ່າງສະ ເໝີ ພາບແລະເປັນເອກະພາບກັນ” ງານດັ່ງກ່າວຈະເປັນການເພິ່ມການເອົາໃຈໃສ່ໃຫ້ແກ່ນັກສຶກສາມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລຂອງແຂວງຕ່າງໆ ກ່ຽວກັບເພດ ແລະ ສຸຂະພາບຈະເລີນພັນຂອງໄວໜຸ່ມ, ສະຖານະພາບຂອງໄວໜຸ່ມເດັກຍິງ ແລະ ການຕ້ານບັນຫາການຈຳແນກ. ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ.  ...

Vietnam held a ceremony was held in the northern border province of Lao Cai on July 30, aiming to raise public awareness of the importance of human trafficking prevention and control. Speaking at the event, President of the Vietnamese Women’s Union Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said ...

There are many similarities in the structure and establishment of courts, laws and judiciaries across the Lower Mekong, despite their differences in types of government (republics, socialist, constitutional monarchy, etc). They also face some of the same challenges in adherence to rule of law, and ...

Although the Thừa Thiên-Huế Province People’s Committee announced it had cracked down on illegal gold mining along the upper part of the Đắkrông River in A Lưới District, the river water is still polluted, affecting people living downstream. Lao động (Labour) newspaper on Wednesday reported that gold ...

The consequences of climate change is getting worse as each day passes. From shrinking ice caps to drawn out drought seasons, it seems that every country across the globe has experience some sort of impact from the drastic changes in weather patterns. And one of climate change’s victims, Southeast Asia’s ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on February 20 suggested that the Mekong-Lancang cooperation (MLC) should contribute to consolidating coordination between countries in handling regional challenges and bringing about long-term benefits for people. The mechanism should aim for strengthening the economy’s resilience in the face ...

HomePro, a leading home improvement retailer in Thailand, is mulling expansion to neighboring countries – including Cambodia next year – with an investment budget of between $170 million and nearly $200 million. Rakpong Aroonwatdhana, HomePro’s head of investor relations, is quoted by the Bangkok Post ...

Water levels at Southeast Asia’s largest river may be at its lowest levels in a century. Low rainfall, high temperatures and poor dam regulations are contributing to a historic low at the Mekong, affecting the region’s agriculture and fishing industries and leading to rapidly drying taps. Chinese ...

The lowest level of water in the Mekong river in several decades has caused sandbanks to emerge, obstructing boat services across the border between Thailand and Laos, according to a local report. The low level of water has been caused by many factors including drought and ...

More than 32 million methamphetamine pills have been seized thanks to a two-month-long coordinated anti-drug campaign by countries in the Mekong Delta, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB). The joint campaign was implemented in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia since December, and ...

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