In Thailand, a small but growing back-to-the-land movement is drawing young people away from cities to take up farming. In the region of Mae Tha, residents won land lease rights in a protected forest, which is boosting conservation and jobs.
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Indian company drops plan to develop Myanmar military-owned port
On Wednesday India’s largest port operator said it was abandoning plans to build a container terminal in Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon. This past June, Norwegian pension fund KLP divested from the port company, saying the Indian company’s links with the Myanmar military breach the fund’s responsible investment policy.
Thailand seeks connection with Laos-China railway
Despite the fact that progress on the China-Thailand high-speed railway project has slowed, it is possible that an economic analysis plan will take precedence in the construction of the project to link Thailand’s Nong Khai Province with Vientiane Capital, Laos, through the Laos-China railway.
Laos makes Asia’s largest ever drug bust
Officers intercepted a truck carrying 55 million methamphetamine tablets and more than 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth, the UN’s crime agency said. he discovery came after police stopped a truck carrying beer crates in Bokeo, which borders Thailand and Myanmar. The area – known as the Golden Triangle – has a long history of being a major drug-producing hotspot.
Denmark further supports Vietnam’s green energy development
It is the third phase of a long-term energy cooperation programme between the two Governments launched in 2013. The programme will be jointly carried out by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Danish Energy Agency with a non-refundable aid of 60.3 million DDK (10 million USD) in the form of Denmark’s technical assistance.
Building a sustainable future
Businesses and consumers alike are adopting solar power to achieve carbon neutrality
US Ambassador says Kingdom in ‘good position to lead’ on sustainability
Brunei symbolically handed the gavel to Cambodia on Thursday, to take over the stewardship of the ten-nation bloc.
Ambassador W Patrick Murphy says Prime Minister Hun Sen’s leadership of ASEAN in 2022 gives Cambodia the opportunity to set an exacting agenda.
Online workshop on physical inspection of timber shipments in the Lower Mekong Region
It sought to enhance capacity among national authorities to conduct inspections of valuable timber shipments, to correctly identify species, detect illegal consignments, conduct related investigations, and appropriately dispose of confiscated illegal consignments.
Leveraging deepening regional integration
Besides the regin’s expanding physical connectivity, the 7th GMS Summit Meeting2 included a commitment by the participants to push forward other mechanisms to help facilitate transport and trade flows across borders.
US to provide $860,000 assistance to 3 renewable energy projects
The projects to benefit are TSV and Asia Renewables’ onshore wind farms (350MW) in Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, INGINE Pacific’s pilot off-grid wave technology project in the central Quang Ngai Province, and the Bamboo Capital Group’s (BCG) offshore wind farms in Ca Mau (300MW) and Tra Vinh (200MW) provinces in the Mekong Delta.