Plans call for a seaport and industrial park on the coast of Mon State on the Indian Ocean, with highway linking Thailand and Vietnam to pass through the state.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Rethink ‘Asia battery’ plan
While the 410-megawatt hydropower dam has been operating since late last year, a new housing project for affected villagers is not yet complete.
The new Myanmar casino town posing as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
As the project moves ahead, it has drawn intense criticism for its lack of transparency and apparent disregard for the law, including from local ethnic Karen groups.
Myanmar’s Union Govt Splits Up Huge China-Backed New Yangon City Project
The US$1.5-billion planning project has been unbundled to make it possible companies other than China Communications Construction Company to take part.
Water Wars: Mekong River Another Front in U.S.-China Rivalry
The Mekong River has become a new front in U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence.
Demining provides land to 5.7m people
Gained safe access to agricultural land, livelihood activities and development amid Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority’s Clearing for Results project.