The Thai government will push for completion of the Thai-Sino high-speed railway project linking Bangkok and Nong Khai by 2023 so it can connect to another fast rail project in Laos.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Chinese company to build new Yangon City has troubles abroad
The company has been embroiled in numerous controversies surrounding alleged fraud, corruption and bribery in many other countries where it implemented similar development projects.
The hidden costs of hydro: We need to reconsider world’s dam plans
Lack of transparency and corruption between government and dam construction companies is at the heart of the problem preventing change.
China’s chequebook diplomacy in Cambodia a double-edged sword creating resentment
Tensions rise as locals worry about the threat of Chinese-owned businesses and enclaves to their livelihood, homes and rights, as the programme Insight discovers.
Thailand to ban import of plastic waste next year
Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will propose to the cabinet a total ban on the import of plastic waste into Thailand beginning next year.
Chinese Banana Plantations in Cambodia Leave Locals With Little Land to Farm
Worse still, as the Chinese plantations encroached on their land, some villagers sought work on the farms but left after being sickened by pesticides.
Bangkok Declaration must wait until June
ASEAN countries agree to deal with the region’s serious marine trash problem, with leaders expected to endorse the Bangkok Declaration at the Asean Summit in Bangkok in June.