The government may scrap three high-speed rail projects after being spurned by private investors.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Climate inaction tantamount to violence
The Mekong Delta ie experiencing a massive environmental disaster already for a region that has been teeming with plants, fish and wildlife for thousands of years.
Trafficked to extinction: Malaysia and Thailand
emand for pangolins has penetrated even into villages deep in the Malaysian jungle. Near the Malaysia-Thai border, meanwhile, professional smugglers are hired to send the goods across the border.
Mekong coffee growers struggle with drought and heating climate
And the huge industry profits from the second-most traded commodity in the world are not trickling down to the people who grow the beans.
60,000 deaths in Vietnam annually linked to air pollution
Air pollution levels especially level of particulate matter with 2.5 micrometers (PM 2.5) in the air remain dangerously high in Hanoi and big cities of the Southeast Asian country causing concerns.
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Agricultural innovations help Cambodian farmers thrive
With help from American researchers, they’re growing nutritious crops that boost their income.
Thai House panel agrees 3 herbicides must be banned immediately
If the issue is held up the House committee will propose a bill to amend the law on hazardous substances in order to speed up the implementation of the ban on the three dangerous products.