The countries should advance the joint construction of the Belt and Road and speed up the building of the China-Thailand high-speed railway.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Nearly 10GW of additional floating solar to be installed globally by 2025
With Asian markets such as China, South Korea, India, Thailand and Vietnam expected to outperform.
Vietnamese activist and journalist arrested for ‘anti-state propaganda
Doan Trang was previously arrested by the police for her role in protests against China’s incursion into Vietnam’s maritime territories and a community action protesting environment pollution.
Golden Triangle Casino Baron Bankrolls New Mekong River Port
The international cargo port will supercharge the smuggling routes linking Zhao Wei’s casino empire to rebel-held zones in eastern Myanmar.
Golden Triangle Casino Baron Bankrolls New Mekong River Port
In 2007, the Lao government granted Zhao a 99-year lease on 10,000 hectares of prime land along the Mekong.
The Environmental Collateral Damage of the South China Sea Conflict
The South China Sea is a global hotspot for biodiversity, home to important marine ecosystems, mangrove forests, and thousands of fish and sponge species.
Air quality monitoring vehicle debuts
The Environment Ministry and China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEP), Cambodia will build 10 air quality monitoring stations by the end of this year.
China provides around $140 million in grants for development
Support for a submarine optical fibre cable to Hong Kong, construction on National Road 71C, rural power transmission lines and to boost rice production and export.