Outlook bright for Thai products in CLMV markets
Thai products enjoy competitive advantages and high opportunities in CLMV markets owing to consumer trust in good image and high quality. The rapidly growing consumer markets of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam – or CLMV – are becoming important places for exporters to pilot products ...
OPINION: China's drain on Mekong
More water discharged from Chinese dams to the lower Mekong River in the dry season and less water in the rainy season. That means a reduction of drought and flooding in the lower Mekong countries. That was the ideal “cooperation” Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam ...
Heavy Rains Improve Mekong Life, But Concerns Remain
Heavy rains and a bumper fish crop have improved life along the Mekong River after a nearly four-year drought, poor harvests and the pandemic took a heavy toll on some 65 million people who rely on the waterway for their daily livelihoods. According to the Laos-based ...
Tonne of ganja seized on Mekong bank
A patrol from the Mekong Riverine Unit seized about 1,000 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana found in fertiliser sacks on the bank of the Mekong river in Bung Khong Long district of Bang Kan province late on Tuesday night, MRU commander R/Adm Sompong Sorn-akas said on ...
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Asia's smallest economies are among its fastest growing
Asia’s smallest economies are growing faster than giants like China, according to the World Bank. Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar will post the most rapid expansions in Asia after India from 2017 to 2019, sustaining growth rates of close to 7 percent, according to forecasts released this week. ...
Thailand plans to reopen borders to foreign workers amid shortage
Thailand plans to reopen its borders to workers from neighbouring Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, a government official said on Tuesday (Nov 9), in a bid to ease a labour shortage that is hurting its export and tourism-dependent economy. Pairote Chotikasathien, from the Ministry of Labor, said ...
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What is the value of the Mekong river?
Putting a value on the Mekong River and measuring the impact it has on the gross domestic product (GDP) of downstream countries has for a long time been a strategic target of bureaucrats and non-governmental organizations seeking to measure and protect the world’s twelfth longest ...
(English) Poverty rate falling as services improve, 2014 survey finds
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Cambodia ranks low on global green list
Cambodia has performed poorly in the 2016 edition of a recent environmental report, ranking a dismal 146 out of 180 countries. The Kingdom returned one of the lowest Environmental Performance Index (EPI) scores in the region, narrowly edging ahead of Myanmar and Laos. Keep reading View the report ...
ASU creates network of young scientists in Southeast Asia
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 ...
Feature: Mekong river binds regional countries, peoples together as lifeblood of Southeast Asia
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 ...
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Law needed to regulate Thai investors’ abuses abroad: Thai, Myanmar groups
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 ...
Can community research help address the Mekong water crisis?
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, ...
Teerapong Pomun and Naimah Talib
Alibaba plans trade centre in Thai
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 ...
Don't touch the Mekong
[] 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 ...
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(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. ...
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ອີງຕາມຮູບພາບທີ່ນຳອອກເຜີຍແຜ່ໃນສື່ສັງຄົມຂອງຊາວທ້ອງຖິ່ນ, ຕົ້ນໄມ້ນັບຮ້ອຍຕົ້ນໃນເຂດອະນຸລັກຊີວະນາໆພັນແຫ່ງຊາດດົງຫົວສາວ ໄດ້ຖືກຕັດ ເພື່ອກະກຽມປູກມັນຕົ້ນ.ປ່າສະຫງວນແຫ່ງຊາດ ດົງຫົວສາວ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ທາງທິດຕາເວັນອອກຂອງເມືອງປາກເຊ ປະມານ 30 ກິໂລແມັດ ແລະ ຫ່າງຈາກໃຈກາງເມືອງປາກຊັນ ປະມານ 10 ກິໂລແມັດ. ກວມເອົາເນື້ອທີ່ປະມານ 1,100 ຕາລາງກິໂລແມັດ ແລະ ໄດ້ຖືກປະກາດເປັນປ່າສະຫງວນແຫ່ງຊາດໃນປີ 1993. ຊຶ່ງລັດຖະບານໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ ຕົນມີແຜນການພັດທະນາເຂດທ່ອງທ່ຽວນິເວດເປັນສ່ວນໜຶ່ງຂອງຄວາມພະຍາຍາມເພື່ອກ້າວໄປສູ່ການທ່ອງທ່ຽວແບບຍືນຍົງ.ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມກົດດາວໂຫຼດ >> ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍປ່າໄມ້ສະບັບປັບປຸງປີ 2019 ໄດ້ ທີ່ນີ້ ...
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ບັນດາປະເທດ ACMECS ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ວັກຊິນປ້ອງກັນພະຍາດໂຄວິດ-19 ເປັນສິນຄ້າສາທາລະນະ
ຍຸດທະສາດການຮ່ວມມືເສດຖະກິດລະຫວ່າງ ແມ່ນນ້ຳ ເອລາວະດີ-ເຈົ້າພະຍາ-ແມ່ນຳ້ຂອງ (ACMECS) ໃນວັນພຸດຜ່ານມາ ໄດ້ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ວັກຊິນປ້ອງກັນພະຍາດໂຄວິດ-19 ກາຍເປັນສິນຄ້າສາທາລະນະ. ບັນດາຜູ້ນຳຂອງປະເທດ ACMECS ເຊັ່ນ ກຳປູເຈຍ, ລາວ, ມຽນມາ, ໄທ ແລະ ຫວຽດນາມ ໄດ້ຮຽກປະຊຸມສາຍໃນວາລະກອງປະຊຸມສຸດຍອດ ACMECS ຄັ້ງທີ 9 ທີ່ໄດ້ຈັດຂື້ນຜ່ານວີດີໂອອອນລາຍ. “ເພື່ອຕ້ານໂຄວິດ-19, ບັນດາຜູ້ນຳໄດ້ຕົກລົງກັນ ເພິ່ມທະວີຄວາມພະຍາຍາມຂອງຊາດຢ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ ແລະ ສ້າງຄວາມຮ່ວມມືທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງ ພາຍໃນປະເທດປະເທດອາຊຽນ-ກົນໄກການນຳພາຕ່າງໆ, ຮ່ວມກັບຄູ່ຮ່ວມພາຍນອກ ແລະ ບັນດາອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງສາກົນ, ໂດຍສະເພາະອົງການອະນາໄມໂລກ, ເພື່ອຮັບປະກັນວ່າ ວັກຊິນໂຄວິດ-19 ຈະກາຍເປັນສິນຄ້າສາທາລະນະ ພ້ອມທັງມີການສະໜອງດ້ານບໍລິການການແພດ, ທຸກຄົນເຂົ້າເຖິງ ແລະ ສາມາດຊື້ໄດ້”, ຄຳຖະແຫຼງພາຍຫຼັງການປະຊຸມສາຍ.ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ . ...
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ASEAN energy officials set sights on regional power grid
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 ...
Vietnam launches national day against trafficking in persons
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 ...