This will allow the effective launch of GMS road transport permits and temporary admission documents for commercial vehicles, starting on June 1.
Category: Cambodia
Mekong River researchers hope to find ways to make dams less damaging
Backed by NASA, researchers from Michigan State University will spend three years analyzing sites in the lower Mekong River basin in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
World Bank says Cambodia vulnerable to rising sea levels
Cambodia is among 12 countries in East Asia and the Asia-Pacific that are vulnerable to rising sea levels which could lead to the loss of land and force millions of people to relocate.
Can the countries of the Mekong pioneer a new model of cooperation?
Over the last two years, the China led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism has used everything from a “bulldozer approach” to engaging with local communities to deal with tensions over development projects
IFC plans for more investments in microfinance
Vanessa Vizcarra Bianchi, IFC’s lead of financial institutions advisory services for Mekong Region, said in an exclusive interview that the organisation would invest in three or four more MFIs by the end of this year.
China Defends Dam Building on Mekong River as Activists Head to Court
Officials from southwest China’s Yunnan province have defended a plan to build a dam in the region as “fully legally compliant”, after an environment group took developers of the project to court last month for violating laws.
$66b invested in Greater Mekong Sub-region: ADB official
Upped by $2 billion compared to what ministers of the six GMS countries agreed to in the action plan late last year.
Cambodia creates its first marine national park where pirate fishers prowl
But the declaration of the new park does nothing to protect the environment, at least in the short term
Cambodia on course to have all villages electrified by 2020
By end of year, 88 percent of villages nationwide will be electrified-75 percent of all households
How empowering women leads to innovative agricultural practices
What is the actual impact of an intensified development focus on rural women?