These days, heavy smog has forced millions of people in Hanoi and HCMC to never hit the streets without masks on their faces, even if they are cheap ones that will never protect them from dust.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
National Bank of Cambodia calls for green finance policies
This comes after the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on the same day launched an open-ended fund for central bank investments in green bonds.
Regional Government in Myanmar’s Sagaing Rethinks Support For Chinese Copper Mine
Residents and farmers accuse the Chinese operators of appropriating land without providing adequate compensation and damaging the environment.
At a Cambodian Lake, a Climate Crisis Unfolds
A trifecta of climate change, hydropower dams and illegal fishing are threatening the Tonle Sap, and the people who rely on its fish.
Maya Bay ‘well on the road to recovery’
Coral reefs and ecosystems at the world-famous Maya Bay in the Andaman sea have been almost fully revived, but a date for its reopening to tourists has not been set.