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Searching for sustainable energy in the Mekong
Southeast Asian governments are starting to wake up to the vast potential of solar energy, under pressure from civil society groups that insist it is time to get on board with a global revolution in renewable energy.[]This global change has lessons for Southeast Asia, especially ...
Tom Fawthrop
Dams, mining destabilising Mekong delta — study
The drastic reduction in sediment flow in the Mekong River is threatening the stability of the delta and the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on its resources, says a new study by UNESCO and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).Keep reading ...
Fatima Arkin
Mekong countries agree to equal funding of river commission by 2030
Water and environmental ministers from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam laid out their agenda for 2018 at the 24th Mekong River Commission Council in Pattaya.Keep reading ...
Keng Na Songkhla
Fact Sheet: Kunming-Singapore High Speed Rail Network
The Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor, or China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor (CICPEC), is one of the six major corridors envisioned by China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR). []OBOR isn’t the only cooperation mechanism in the region; as a relative newcomer, it has slotted in with other initiatives ...
Geopolitical Monitor Reporter
National Mekong Committee urged to promote role in regional growth
The Vietnam National Mekong Committee should promote its role in the growth of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands regions, stated Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha, Chairman of the Committee at a meeting in An Giang on December 8.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Urgent response discussed for Mekong River
Eighteen million Mekong Delta residents are suffering serious consequences as the Mekong River is drying up due to over exploitation of hydropower plants in upstream countries, delegates heard at Friday’s conference in the Delta province of An Giang.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Mekong countries call for accelerated action to eliminate malaria before 2030
Drug resistance is still the main concern for health authorities in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.Yesterday, representatives from these countries called for accelerated action to eliminate malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by the year 2030.The call comes amid concern over resistance ...
The Vientiane Times reporter
Lower Mekong countries, the US enhance cooperation
Concerted efforts are needed to enhance cooperation between the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Việt Nam and the US in a number of areas, including education, energy security, food security, agriculture and health, Trần Quang Hoài, director of the Directorate of Disaster Management under ...
VNS Reporter
Thailand to avoid Mekong blasting plan at China talks
THAILAND will highlight water management, connectivity, sustainable development and people-to-people relations when Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai joins the 3rd Lancang-Mekong foreign ministers meeting in Dali, China, next week.[]But the controversial blasting of rocks and rapids to clear a navigation channel in the Mekong River would ...
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE
Lancang-Mekong foreign ministers to meet next week
The third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) foreign ministers’ meeting will be held on Dec. 15 in Dali, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Thursday.Keep reading ...
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