The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department is exploring opportunities to work with its partners in neighbouring countries to step up efforts to protect national parks with transboundary features.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
SEZs in Vietnam: What’s in a Name?
Why are Special Economic Zones so attractive to Vietnam’s government, despite proven shortcomings?
Gov’t Signs MoU with Beijing to Build China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
The agreement to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) is part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Poor Governance Seen as Hindering Cambodia’s Growth
About a fifth of Cambodians live below the national poverty line, according to the World Bank.
Mekong Countries Hopeful to Become Association of Rice Exporting Countries
Cambodia’s Hun Sen highly encouraged these countries to form the Association of the Rice Exporting Countries (AREC).
Development of hydropower ‘must be safe’, PM tells World Economic Forum
The PM was responding to a question raised about whether the fracture of a dam in Laos’ Attapeu province would affect Laos’ approach to hydropower development.
Vietnam raises wind tariffs
Global Wind Energy Council says the Vietnamese wind market is ‘one to watch’.