VN officials met with Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development over plans to build four gas-fired plants, with total capacity of about 6,000 megawatts, as well as LNG import facilities.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Controversial land law threatens Myanmar ethnic communities
“If this is mishandled, it could even spark widespread civil unrest and a return to armed conflict in parts of the country.”
Electricity agency, Laos renew PPAs
Thailand has signed total PPAs to buy 6,000MW of power from Laos, as the Laotian government is studying the feasibility of the 1,600 MW Mekong-Luang Prabang hydroelectric project.
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation offers opportunities for regional cooperation: seminar
A seminar on Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) was held here on Monday, with officials and scholars from China and Vietnam reaching consensus on promoting regional cooperation.
Mekong River Commission to advance its data and information systems
The MRC is reinvigorating its data, modeling and information systems to provide enhanced and timely information to the public and MRC member countries.
Forests cannot grow on state violence
Millions of forest dwellers will soon be subjected to more severe state repression than Thai Muslims in the deep South under the suffocating emergency law.