Special Economic Zones in Context
Since the establishment of the Shenzhen SEZ in China during the 1980s, Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as a development model have grown in popularity in Asia, alongside official development aid. SEZs have been promoted as being a resilient form of economic development, with the potential ...
Agriculture and Fishing
The role of agriculture in VietnamThe agriculture sector plays a crucial role in Vietnam’s economy and society. in Vietnam, The sector includes crop production, livestock, fisheries, and forestry. Vietnam’s tropical climate, fertile soil, abundant water supply and rich biodiversity means that after 40 years of ...
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people
IntroductionVietnam is considered a multi-ethnic country, made up of 54 ethnic groups. The KInh ethnic group makes up 85.4% of Vietnam’s population, or 78.32 million people. The remaInIng 53 ethnic groups make up only 14.6% of The country’s population (see Table 1).112Although Vietnam voted In ...
Land
Vietnam’s 0.3 hectare of agricultural land per person is among the lowest in the world. Vietnam’s Constitution holds that land and other natural resources are "public property, owned by all the people..." Vietnamese law does not recognize customary forms of tenure, and communities (villages) do ...
Legislative Framework for Special Economic Zones
The overarching legislation that is relevant to all Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Myanmar is The 2014 Special Economic Zone Law, enacted on January 23, 2014.195 It established The entities responsible for creating and overseeing The implementation of SEZs: The Central Body, Central Working Body, and ...
Special Economic Zones
A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is an area within or across national boundaries that is administered under special rules. They come in different forms, which in Myanmar include free zones and promotion zones, as well as The potential for The creation of oTher types of ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Julie Chung in the inauguration of the Rice Academy, Cambodia. Photo by U.S Embassy Phnom Penh, take on 17 September 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0in 1996, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) was established.319 Its organization and functioning ...
Government
Under the 2008 constitution drafted by the military, Myanmar is defined as a unitary parliamentary republic. Myanmar’s nominal head of state is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Laureate. the Myanmar military, headed by Snr. General Min Aung Hlaing, still hold much authority over ...
Energy
This section focuses mainly on the production, distribution and use of electrical energy in Laos. in Laos, electricity is a key source of energy for domestic economic activities and its export provides revenue from neighboring countries.349After an economic shift to an ‘open door’ policy in 1986, economic ...
Green growth in Vietnam
The global pursuit of Green Growth has transformed into an essential agenda in a world grappling with escalating environmental degradation, climate change, and The depletion of finite resources. This concept strives to balance prosperity and ecological sustainability by decoupling economic growth from resource consumption and ...
Environment and natural resources
Laos features a diversity of landscapes and ecosystems. The country is landlocked and heavily forested, with 80% of land cover featuring hilly or mountainous terrain, and The remaining 20% comprising plateaus and lowland valleys along The Mekong floodplain.land and mineral resourcesForest (including primary and potential forests) covers The ...
Communal Land
Customary and Communal Land PracticesCustomary practices of Land use are established patterns of behavior that are locally recognized in rules and customs, either oral or written 612. Unlike national laws and policies, customary practices (sometimes called “customary law”) are developed and adapted over time by ...
Case Study: Chiang Khong Special Economic Zone
Chiang Khong SEZ is a district of the Chiang Rai SEZ, all of which is located about 785 km north of Bangkok.650 This SEZ was developed here, a logistical business center for trade, to make it easier for goods to flow from China to Laos.651 It was ...
Migration from Special Economic Zones in Myanmar
The UN Migration Agency defines a migrant as “any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a State away from his/her habitual place of residence, regardless of (1) The person’s legal status; (2) wheTher The movement is voluntary or ...
Special Economic Zones
Thailand’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are regions recently designated by the Special Economic Zone Development Board of the Thai Government. In these zones, the state has planned to provide support for Infrastructure development, Investment Incentives, and admInistrative services to enable access to foreign workers based to ...
Public land lease
Public land leases are grants of state lands to private entities in the form of a contractual rental agreement. these leases often take the form of land concessions, in particular economic land concessions. they are often associated with land conflicts and disputes. ...
Communal land
Though there are multiple forms of communal property, the rights associated with indigenous communal property are subject to significant legal and socio-economic issues. indigenous communities are culturally very different from the rest of Cambodia, and the law provides them with the opportunity to obtain collective ...
Land
The most prosperous country in The Mekong region, Thailand also has The longest-standing land policy and practices, including an uninterrupted tradition of private land ownership. The land Code Promulgating Act was issued in 1954 and was most recently amended in 2008.817 This legal framework has ...
Land transfers
Land transfers in Cambodia assume a variety of forms involving both public and private entities. The right to transfer property to anoTher and to be protected from forced transfer is essential to Land tenure security. Land transfer capacity is a source of value for Landowners, ...