New CEO described the intergovernmental organisation of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam as a big ship, which requires a new navigational system so that it can function more efficiently.
Category: Mekong
VN offers handouts to some Vietnamese Cambodians in Tonle Sap Lake
The Vietnamese Cambodians are among more than 10,000 people living in floating houses on Tonle Sap Lake who must relocate according to the Cambodia Government.
It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars
Still stuck on coal, the region is missing out on massive price cuts in renewables, writes Courtney Weatherby
New book: Asian indigenous peoples’ IPR on biodiversity endangered
Not only are they confronted with land dispossession, they’re faced with knowledge appropriation developed through the ages.
How preserving folktales and legends help raise environment awareness in the Mekong
Indigenous communities in the Mekong are recording stories and legends to explore how these narratives can help exposing the destructive impact of large-scale projects in the region.
The Trouble With the Lancang Mekong Cooperation Forum
The LMC was born from China’s unilateral dam building, but that same fact may also undermine the forum in the end.
Chinese, Thai companies team up to offer tourist boat service in Golden Triangle
Service along the Lancang-Mekong from northern Thailand’s Chiang Saen port to Jinghong in China’s Yunan Province, Luang Prabang in Laos and Kengtung in Myanmar.
Operation Mekong / Southeast Asia’s place in China’s new world order
Around the globe, Beijing is in the process of securing raw materials, opening up trade corridors and new markets In no .other region, however, has China’s influence advanced as far as in the Mekong states.