The bill has many shortcomings especially on parts related to the conduct of the Environmental/Health Impact Assessment
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Which Asian country has suffered most financial loss due to climate change?
The Global Climate Risk Index for 1996-2015 reveals that China has suffered the most financial loss.
Government seeks assistance for climate change damages
Myanmar is seeking financial assistance from international donors for losses and damages the country suffered due to climate change.
On the verge of another Chinese investing wave
To mark Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Vietnam on last week, VIR reporter looks into China’s latest investment movements in Vietnam.
The Mekong, Dammed to Die
Laos is going forward with Don Sarong Dam, without approval from the Mekong River Commission and in defiance of protests from NGOs and downstream countries.
Irrawaddy dolphin numbers rise
The World Wildlife Fund said at least nine dolphins were born this year, but two died, a better outcome than 2016, when 11 were born with six dying.
Lao makes its mark on the Mekong river
The Ban Mom port’s development will allow it to manage the influx of regional traffic and will also help combat the illegal trafficking of goods and contraband items to and from China.
Government to host meet on indigenous medicine in Greater Mekong
Myanmar will be hosting the eighth meeting on indigenous medicine in the Greater Mekong Basin in the coming week, according to a senior health ministry official.
Mekong Institute transforms the lives of coffee growers
Thailand-based Mekong Institute (MI) has taken on a mission to improve the lives of coffee growers in Vietnam and the outcome so far is encouraging.
Myanmar looks to catalyse river transport as growth driver
Closing the transport infrastructure gap is a key focus area of the National Transport Master Plan, of which the new inland ports are a part.