Mining at the Hpakant and Lonekhin gems fields must shut down between July 1 to September 30 as waste pit collapses, landslides, human deaths and property and machinery damage usually occur in the rainy season.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Myanmar and Lao to get infrastructure boost from ASEAN
ASEAN unveiled a list of 19 projects in the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of Potential ASEAN Infrastructure Projects: 5 for Myanmar, 4 for Laos, 3 in Thailand, 2 in Vietnam and 1 in Cambodia.
11 Million People Now Have Jobs In Renewable Energy
The greatest growth came from countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, spreading the renewable sector beyond the primary markets in China, Brazil, the U.S., India and the EU.
Garbage chokes northern Vietnam mangrove forests
Several coastal mangrove forests in Hai Phong City are losing trees to garbage swept in from the sea.
Party threatens to pull out of coalition over environment role
Damrong said he does not want a Cabinet seat but he wants to work in the ministry so that his party can implement its policies to protect forests.
Thailand, Laos sign agreement on 5th friendship bridge
Signed an agreement Friday on building the fifth friendship bridge between Thailand’s Bueng Kan province and Laos’ Bolikhamsai province.
Too little, too late for US ‘recommitment’ to Mekong countries? China’s already there
The Mekong is an essential venue for much of the grand infrastructure envisioned by China’s President Xi Jinping under his ambitious BRI strategy.
Will the Mekong Delta sink by 2100?
Hydropower reservoirs will increase landslides in the Mekong Delta. Sediment has the effect of consolidating the delta and preventing erosion.
Worm epidemic destroys 10, 000 hectares of corn
New species of worms are considered to be the main annoying pests which originated from South America. The pests can destroy more than 80 types of crops and plants.