The plan entails the transformation of the economy from the current dependence on natural resources to a knowledge-based economy, and the economy must be more environmentally friendly.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Thai forest rangers find themselves outgunned when tackling poachers
The country is a key transit point for smugglers moving on to Vietnam and China, two of the world’s biggest markets for parts from endangered and protected species.
Did the Rohingya crisis snuff out foreign direct investments in Myanmar?
The European Union is considering imposing sanctions which may debilitate the fragile Myanmar economy.
Vietnam faces challenges in ensuring water security
Vietnam now has about 830-840 billion cubic metres of surface water, some 63 percent of which originates in neighbouring countries upstream.
Loss of wetlands could be devastating: experts
Wetlands are still being systematically destroyed in the Mekong River region despite wide international consensus that it is humanity’s best chance to avert a climate apocalypse.
What’s Behind China’s Belt and Road ‘Smart Power’ Push in Southeast Asia?
The presence and mobility of the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asian countries plays a large role in China’s BRI success.
Vietnam to host green transport event
Vietnam will host the 12th Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia (EST 12) this year, said the Ministry of Transport
Poor and isolated, Myanmar backs into a China debt trap
Myanmar’s parliament hopes China will accept repayment of its debts in rice, but payback will more likely come through deep-reaching economic concessions