Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu Port: The Dragon Enters In A Big Way – Analysis
China’s efforts to bring warring parties together is not a benign effort to bring peace, but to further the BRI and China Myanmar Economic Corridor.
ADB backs Vietnam’s secondary tourist towns
Asian Development Bank approves a US$45 million loan for Vietnam to transform secondary towns into more economically inclusive, competitive tourism destinations.
VN looks to build action plan on marine plastic waste management
Canada partners on Vietnam’s first international consultation workshop on building a national action plan on marine plastic debris management
Pyu Lake residents seek to protect their natural treasure
Pyu Lake one of the few places in Myanmar where the cries of birds are ubiquitous, but the arrival of fish breeding ponds threatens their habitats.
HCM City to build 6 underground reservoirs to control floods
Construction on six underground water reservoirs and one ground reservoir to control floods will begin in January.
Government says Thailand is “Not” the most unequal nation
A government spokesman on Friday hit back at a Swiss bank report claiming Thailand has the world’s most unequal distribution of wealth.
42 killed, 23 missing in July dam collapse
According to KPL, two more bodies of victims of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam collapse were found on Nov. 30.
Waste flowing into the ocean in Sihanoukville
An environmental activist and former employee of Mother Nature Cambodia has claimed that the Preah Sihanouk provincial administration lacks proper control of its sewage systems and waste is flowing directly into the sea.
Researchers seek alternatives to Mekong River hydropower dam
Working with the Cambodian government to explore alternative to the devastating dam planned along the Mekong at Sambor.