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China, Mekong River countries cooperate for brighter future: MRC official
China and Mekong River countries have joined hands to strive for better regional integration, economic growth and sustainable development, an official with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said. Keep reading ...
Xinhua Reporter
Mekong region: A new growth centre for Asia
Inclusive and open regionalism has been the driving force for growth in the region and the Greater Mekong Subregion countries must endeavour to ensure that regional initiatives benefit all the GMS member states, argues Chheang Vannarith. Geographically located between the two Asian giants, China and India, ...
Chheang Vannarith
Mekong cooperation: making a problem bigger
When asked about his success as a soldier and politician, US President Eisenhower said: “Whenever I run into a problem I can’t solve, I always make it bigger. I can never solve it by trying to make it smaller, but if I make it big ...
Jake Brunner/Brian Eyler
Spouses of GMS leaders learn about life of Vietnamese women in history
Spouses of leaders of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), who are in Hanoi for the sixth GMS Summit (GMS-6), visited the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in downtown Hanoi on March 31 to learn about the life and cultural heritage of Vietnamese women throughout history. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Thailand Bus Fire Kills 20 Migrant Workers From Myanmar
Twenty migrant workers from Myanmar were killed when their bus caught fire in northwestern Thailand early Friday, the police said. The workers were traveling to a factory district near Bangkok when their chartered bus was engulfed in flames around 1:30 a.m. in Tak Province. Keep reading ...
AUSTIN RAMZY
US$66 billlion to boost GMS economic co-operation
Sixty-six billlion US Dollars in 220 projects will be invested in the Greater Mekong Subregion to strengthen regional economic co-operation in the next five years. Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Mekong, a river of cooperation and development
The sixth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Summit (CLV-10) are scheduled to take place in Hanoi from March 29 to 31. On the occasion, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wrote an article highlighting the significance of the GMS and ...
Nhan Dan Online Newspaper Reporter
Nong Khai folk turn drought to opportunity with Mekong beach
With a sand beach revealed as the Mekong River subsided for the summer season, the Nong Khai community saw opportunity to create a tourist attraction. Residents set up 55 food stalls on the riverbank near a 500-metre-long waterfront sand dune in Ban Phan Prao village ...
The Nation Reporter
A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water
Floating villages spread across the surface of the Mekong River’s waterways, playing host to ethnic Vietnamese whose status in Cambodian society is perpetually adrift. Keep reading ...
Ben Mauk
Securing the Greater Mekong Sub-region’s future
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have made stunning progress over the past quarter century. Once plagued by poverty, they are now economic success stories. Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
