Myanmar authorities have not sent negative signals towards Thailand after thousands of Myanmar workers in the Kingdom returned to their homeland following the enactment of the new foreign labour law.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Report Launch: Mekong Power Shift: Emerging Trends in the GMS Power Sector
Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia team will launch their latest report on July 6 in Phnom Penh.
$2.8 bln power plant makes Japan Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor in H1
FDI is a major driving force behind Vietnam’s economy. Actual foreign direct investment flowing into Vietnam is estimated to have risen 6.5 percent in the first six months of 2017 from the same period last year to $7.72 billion.
Chinese encouraged to invest more
“Cambodia will not create technical barriers for imported products from China to Cambodia,” Commerce Ministry Chhoun Dara said.
Powerful politicians ‘threatening’ power plant opponents
Local people are being threatened by the local powerful politicians in the bid to protest the waste-to-power plant projects across the country, while academics stress that construction of the plant in the right location will prevent conflict in the first place.
Concerns as Vietnam allows coal-fired power plant to dump waste near protected waters
Nearly one million of cubic meters of ‘organic’ mud will be dumped near a marine reserve.
Tourism plans in Mekong Delta called too ambitious
The Mekong Delta expects 34 million travelers by 2020, but the goal is out of reach if local tourism continues to operate in the traditional way.
Mekong to relocate landslide-prone households
Experts have predicted that by 2050, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will evacuate around one million people because of continuing landslides, flooding and drought.
Fishing Communities Voice Concerns Over Laos Dam as Consultation Ends
The $2.3 billion project will be located about 1,500 kilometers from the Cambodia-Laos border and is expected to be completed in 2024.
Ministry identifies eight causes behind landslides in Mekong Delta
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MARD) report on the cause of landslides in the Mekong Delta has pointed out eight reasons, but scientists say the report is too vague, making it difficult to find reasonable solutions.