Leaders of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand agreed on a common vision to push for the region’s true potential while at the Asean World Economic Forum in Vietnam this week.
Category: Laos
Cross-border national park management cooperation explored
The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department is exploring opportunities to work with its partners in neighbouring countries to step up efforts to protect national parks with transboundary features.
Mekong Countries Hopeful to Become Association of Rice Exporting Countries
Cambodia’s Hun Sen highly encouraged these countries to form the Association of the Rice Exporting Countries (AREC).
Development of hydropower ‘must be safe’, PM tells World Economic Forum
The PM was responding to a question raised about whether the fracture of a dam in Laos’ Attapeu province would affect Laos’ approach to hydropower development.
Fight deforestation and climate change by granting indigenous rights to forests: Report
In Thailand, however, communities are being evicted from national parks under a law aimed at conserving forests.
More problems to come for Cambodia from Lao dam failure
Though floods from the Lao dam collapse occured two months ago, people are yet to experience the worst of it.
VN implements its biggest mining project in Laos
The Lao Government and Viet Phương Group (VPG) will implement a US$650 million bauxite mining and processing project in Laos’ Sekong province.
Vietnam PM: Industry 4.0 brings about opportunities for Mekong integration
The fourth Industrial Revolution offers integration opportunities given the rising role of soft and digital connectivity within economies.
NGOs to boycott MRC meet
The Mekong River Committee plans to hold an open forum this month on the development of hydropower dams along the river. NGOs plan to boycott the event.
How better hydropower planning can avert future disasters on the Mekon
Those in power must give stronger voices to marginalised communities and protection to natural flood defenses.