An experiment in the Mekong Delta’s An Giang Province that showed a reduction in the frequency of yearly pesticide use did not affect productivity.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Will Vietnam’s new energy policy mark a turning point for coal?
“What we see is that in many projects which face difficulties in mobilising finance, or if banks from other countries say no, Chinese banks are willing to jump in,” says GreenID’s Duc.
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia’s river reversal runs late
Fisherman San Savuth, 25, wants Cambodia’s government to negotiate the release of water from Mekong dams to help Kampong Khleang’s 2,000 families.
Vietnam coal consumption growth among world’s fastest
The country consumed 2.07 exajoules of electricity from coal last year, up 30.2 percent year-on-year, according to the “BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020.”
The US-China Feud Spills into Myanmar
China has had no environmental concerns for Myanmar. The Chinese exploitation of Letpadaung Copper Mines is one example.
Vietnam’s lack of transparency on environmental issues is glaring
Even 15 years after ratification, the Vietnamese environmental law has never been imposed on corporations, leading to increasing pollution nationwide.
Water reserves at 4 dams fall to ‘critical’
If water reserves remain low next year, farmers in Thailand’s rice bowl. won’t be able to use water from the dams’ irrigation systems for a second consecutive year, the secretary-general said.