Around 1.3 million people migrated out of the Mekong Delta between 2009 and 2019, making the region rank top in the country in the number of migrants and bottom in the number of immigrants.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Land Bridge in place of Kra Canal: Game changer for Thailand’s future engagement with region and China?
The race between two competing ideas for mega infrastructure projects in Southern Thailand has entered the final stretch. The old Khlong Thai or “Thai Canal” scheme has been overtaken by the new “Land Bridge”, which enjoys crucial support from Transport Minister Saksiam Chidchob.
Cambodian Civil Society Calls For End to Harassment, Arrests of Mother Nature Youth Activists
They say the environmental watchdog should be allowed to conduct its work without the threat of prison.
Trash trap gets to work removing plastic waste from Vietnam’s Red River
They may not look quite as swanky as the Interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup, but the idea is similar. The first in a series of trash traps installed along Vietnam’s Song Hong, the country’s second-longest river, is designed to remove floating debris from the water as it flows towards the Gulf of Tonkin.
Lao Villagers Relocated From China-Backed Dam Lack Land to Grow Crops
Mare than 10,000 villagers resettled in mountaintop towns to make way for construction the China-backed Namtha 1 Dam in Luang Namtha province in northern Laos have been given houses and other facilities but now have no land to farm, leaving them unable to make a living in their new homes.
Trouble Brews in South-East Asia as Thailand Rejects Laotian Dam Report
With its biggest customer increasingly alarmed by the impacts of large-scale hydropower and the viability of building dams becoming poorer and poorer, it is uncertain why Laos has clung to its hydropower ambitions quite so stubbornly.
For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
Efforts to protect tigers in the DTL highlight the need for cross-border efforts to maintain ecosystem connectivity.
Mekong delta province to expand aquaculture area by 2,500 hectares to 2030
Farming of prawns, especially giant tiger prawns and King prawns, and tra fish will become key sub-sectors that are sustainable, environmentally-friendly, and export-oriented.
Wang Yi calls for giving new impetus to Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Wednesday urged China and the Laos to accelerate the development of the China-Laos Economic Corridor and to give new impetus to high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Indigenous villagers in Thailand reclaim land, prompting threats from officials
An indigenous Karen community in Thailand has returned to their land in a national park years after being forcibly evicted and seeing their homes burned by authorities — as the Thai government threatens to remove the villagers once again and prosecute them.