UN had published poverty statistics almost three times as high as the official estimate.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Floating PV to splashdown in Vietnam
The project will deploy a 47.5 MW floating solar plant at the water reservoir where its Da Mi hydro power plant is located, in Binh Thuan province.
Will new technologies help or harm developing countries?
Technology reduces developing countries’ comparative advantage in traditionally labor-intensive manufacturing (and other) activities, and decreases their gains from trade.
Tokyo goes it alone in support of Myanmar and Cambodia
Japan is digging in deeper in support of Myanmar and Cambodia even as the U.S. and Europe ramp up criticism of human rights violations, choosing to preserve its influence in the region by playing an alternative to China’s economic might.
Vietnam exerts efforts to ease climate change impacts: official
As one of the countries hardest hit by climate change, Vietnam has been actively performing international commitments and exerting efforts to ease its impacts, on official has said.
Who Controls the Tap? Addressing Water Security in Asia
China has also dammed and now controls the flow of the Mekong River; complaints about the Mekong have been muffled, partially because China has little to fear from these smaller countries.
Food Security be Dammed: Cambodia Trades Fish for Energy
The Lower Seasan 2 dam threatens to drastically reduce Cambodian fish stocks, which will undermine food security, particularly among the rural poor.
Travelers Spend More Money in Thailand Than Anywhere Else in Asia
A visualization of recent UN World Tourism Organization data, Thailand outranks every other nation in Asia when it comes to tourism spend.
The Debt Trap: ‘There’s no hope, “My income all goes to the bank”
An estimated 3 million Cambodians owe money to banks and MFIs, with estimates suggesting eight out of ten Cambodians are in debt.
Importers lay scrap import policy to waste
Port shows 1.3 million tons of scrap were imported in the first nine months this year, an eye-popping 402 percent increase in volume, year-on-year.