Chinese dams and the Mekong drought
The latest reports from the Lower Mekong Basin are cause for growing concern that another period of drought will succeed that of 2019, affecting Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Expected rainfall from late May through June and July has not arrived, and the level of ...
MILTON OSBORNE
China promises its Mekong neighbours priority access to a coronavirus vaccine developed in China
China stepped up its vaccine diplomacy on Monday with Premier Li Keqiang promising five Southeast Asian partners priority access to a coronavirus vaccine while also pledging to share water control information for flood-hit nations along the Mekong River. Li made the remarks at a videoconference of the Lancang-Mekong ...
Keegan Elmer
United States and Vietnam Convene 17 Friends of the Mekong in Support of a Secure, Prosperous, and Open Mekong Region
On January 12, the United States and Vietnam co-hosted the first Friends of the Mekong Policy Dialogue under the new Mekong-U.S. Partnership. In his remarks, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap emphasized that the United States ...
U.S. Mission Cambodia
China says Mekong dam did not discharge water downstream amid heavy flooding in Thailand
China said on Tuesday a major dam on the Mekong River did not discharge floodwaters last week amid heavy flooding in Thailand. Monsoon rains across large areas in Thailand have caused extensive flooding that has killed at least nine people and affected more than 51,700 households, ...
Meredith Chen
The Mekong in US Asia Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges
When the next round of Asian summitry kicks off later this month in Bangkok, one of the key areas that will be in the spotlight within U.S. policy will be the Washington’s approach to the Mekong subregion – a shorthand for the area in mainland Southeast ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
Webinar discusses fate of Mekong River
PanNature, a Vietnamese not-for-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Mekong Community Institute of Thailand (MCI) and the NGO Forum on Cambodia, organised a webinar themed “The Fate of the Mekong River: Current Development and Future Perspectives” on November 5 within the framework of the ASEAN People’s Forum 2020. PanNature ...
The struggle for the soul of the Mekong River
In June of this year, the FAO’s annual State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report ranked the Mekong Basin as the world’s most productive freshwater fishery, accounting for over 15% of global annual freshwater fish catch. Meanwhile, WWF Researchers estimate that the contribution actually accounts ...
BRIAN EYLER, ALAN BASIST, COURTNEY WEATHERBY AND CLAUDE WILLIAMS
China vows closer security ties with Mekong states as cyber scams, Myanmar unrest have cross-border impact
China and its five Southeast Asian neighbours along the Lancang-Mekong River have agreed to focus on security cooperation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. “We will resolutely combat cross-border crime in the [region], especially cyber fraud and gambling,” Wang said after the annual Lancang-Mekong Cooperation foreign ministers’ meeting with ...
Zhao Ziwen
Mekong group urges better water management collaboration as record drought persists
The inter-governmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) on Thursday called on China and mainland Southeast Asian countries to better coordinate management of Mekong hydropower dams and reservoirs after three years of record low flows and extra dry conditions. The Mekong River’s flow dropped to the lowest levels ...
Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Martin Petty
Vietnam's Mekong Capital plans Southeast Asia climate fund as early as 2024
Vietnam-focused private equity firm Mekong Capital is looking to build a climate fund worth up to $200 million as early as next year, focusing on investments that will help with the regeneration of forests in the Mekong region. The Ho Chi Minh City-based firm is setting ...
Yantoultra Ngui
For a non-plastic waste marine environment
According to the Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), plastic waste accounts for between 50% and 80% of marine waste. Currently, Vietnam is ranked fourth among the five countries which have the biggest volume of plastic ...
Towards Effective Advocacy in Mekong Region with Data Literacy
The Open Development Initiative (ODI) first began working with our constituents on data literacy in 2019, with a 3-month data literacy programme for journalists in Myanmar. Since then we have localized our Data Literacy Curriculum, adapted from the World Bank Certificate Program, to meet the ...
Open Development Initiative (ODI)
ແຈ້ງການໃຫ້ ເຈົ້າຂອງເພຈ Support Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith ຢຸດຕິການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ (ວັນທີ 26/ 6 /2019)
ໃນວັນທີ 26 ມິຖຸນາ 2019 ທາງ ເຟສບຸດເພຈ ສໍານັກຂ່າວສານປະເທດລາວ ໄດ້ໂພສກ່ຽວກັບການ ການແຈ້ງການ ຂອງເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກົມປະຊາສຳພັນ, ຫ້ອງການ ສຳນັກງານນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີ ກ່ຽວກັບFacebook ທີ່ໃສ່ຊື່ວ່າ: ‘Support Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’ ວ່າ: ເພຈດັ່ງກ່າວແມ່ນ ບໍ່ມີສ່ວນກ່ຽວຂ້ອງກັບ ທ່ານ ທອງລຸນ ສີສຸລິດ ນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີ ແຫ່ງສປປ ລາວ ແຕ່ປະການໃດ. ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກົມປະຊາສຳພັນກ່າວຕື່ມວ່າ: ຂ່າວ ແລະ ຮູບພາບ ທີ່ໄດ້ ປ່ອຍ ອອກຜ່ານໜ້າຂ່າວອອນລາຍດັ່ງກ່າວ ໃນໄລຍະຜ່ານມາ ແມ່ນບໍ່ ຖືກຕ້ອງ, ຈຶ່ງໃຫ້ ເຈົ້າຂອງໜ້າຂ່າວນີ້ ຢຸດຕິການເຄື່ອນໄຫວດັ່ງກ່າວ ແລະ ປະຕິບັດ ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍສື່ມວນຊົນ (ສະບັບປັບປຸງ), ກົດໝາຍ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ການຕ້ານ ແລະ ສະກັດກັ້ນ ອາຊະຍາກຳ ທາງລະ ບົບຄອມພິມເຕີ, ດຳລັດ ນາຍົກ ...
