With a total ODA and preferential loans worth US$240 million, the project aims to improve access to infrastructure in priority city areas and improve urban planning in participating cities.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Japan strengthens its Mekong ties
Japan has one more disadvantage in dealing with Mekong River countries: None of them are strong democracies and their governments instinctively lean toward Beijing on questions of governance and human rights.
Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’
He runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials
Connectivity, Transport Keys to Unlocking Laos’ Growth Potential While “Navigating Uncertainty”: WB
A complex and fast-changing world and a stronger US dollar on the back of interest rate rises could make for a rough or productive ride for business, investors and the economy.
Chinese Influx Brings Trash, High Prices to Cambodia’s Sihanoukville
A surge in Chinese investment and in the numbers of migrant workers in Cambodia’s port city of Sihanoukville has left local beaches polluted and Cambodian residents struggling to meet higher prices as the cost of living rises, Cambodian sources say.
Myanmar Launches First Inquiry into Agricultural Chemicals and Their Effects
The first parliamentary inquiry into chemicals used in agriculture and their effects on the health and quality of life of farmers, workers and consumers across the country.
Tigers forever: a wildlife hike in north-east Laos
A guided trek on Mount Forever helps protect endangered tigers and reveals an exotic array of other, less elusive, wildlife
To Protect the Environment, Buddhist Monks Are Ordaining Trees
“They’re very wary of the monks getting together,” Chantal Elkin, a program manager for The Alliance of Religions and Conservation, told Sojourners. “Forest activism is [seen as] a threat to the government.”