Between the two censuses, the young population (0-14 years) declined from 33.0 to 29.4 percent, the middle age population (15-59 years) from 60.0 to 61.7 percent, and the elderly (60 years and plus) increased from 6.3 to 8.9 percent.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Ko Panyi: A Muslim Floating Village in Thailand
Ko Panyi is far from representing a utopian future but still presents an alternative way of living in a community, respecting, and understanding nature as it is. It is an example that encourages us to realize how much we have to learn from different forms of settlements other than the stereotypical pattern that prevails today.
Single mothers left with few good options
A matrix of social issues is swelling the ranks of Myanmar’s abandoned children.
Singapore contraption aims to clean up Asia’s plastic-polluted rivers
The plastic is lifted out of the water by a conveyor belt. It can collect larger types of plastic, but not microplastic. It is powered mainly by solar, with some wind power.
Lao PDR and World Bank sign $42 deal to reduce emissions from deforestation
Under this Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA), the World Bank commits to making payments to the Lao PDR for verified reductions of up to 8.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in northern Laos.
Award ceremony for ASEAN plastic pollution innovation challenge
Among 14 finalists, four teams won the awards, namely Galaxy Biotech, Green Joy and Refill from Vietnam and CIRAC from Thailand. Each winner received a seed funding of 18,000 USD and will start a 9-month impact acceleration programme.
Time is up for illegal loggers in protected park
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) will start enforcing the law to arrest perpetrators and seize timber and bulldozers as there is still illegal logging at Preah Vihear province’s Techo Sen Russey Trep Park.
In Vietnam, air pollution a bigger daily threat than Covid-19, as smog envelops Hanoi
Research shows power plants and industrial activities are to blame, as PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc orders review of emissions and action against polluters.
Japan: Withdraw from Coal Power Plant Project in Vietnam
We, the undersigned 128 organizations from 39 countries call upon the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to reverse its decision to provide financing for the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power plant project in Vietnam.
‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam
The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.