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Laos deepens reliance on China for key transport projects
The two projects, whose details are still being negotiated, will allow China easier access to the Indochina Peninsula.
Coal conundrum ahead forces Vietnam to rethink priorities
“The low cost and advantages allow coal-fired power to maintain its position in the development strategy of Vietnam. The country’s impressive growth in coal power also means that Vietnam has been and will pay significant environmental costs.”
Making a push for green cover
According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Bangkok has 6.99m² of green space for each person, which is less than the minimum of 9m² recommended by the World Health Organization.
IFC helps boost green credit in Vietnam
As the country aims to reduce GHG emissions by 9 percent by 2030 to mitigate climate change impact, this presents a 753 billion USD climate-smart investment opportunity for Vietnam between 2016 and 2030, according to the IFC.
Laos to Develop Sustainable Tourism Sites in Champasack
The development of the two parks is part of the National Green Growth Strategy, which was approved by the government in January 2019, with the goal of ensuring development remains sustainable.
Why we should care about fate of the Mekong
An Pich Hatda, chief executive officer of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), highlights the MRC’s new strategic plan, pointing out, among other things, a “need to boost the Mekong River’s ecology” and that “national power generation should be subject to a proper coordination management mechanism, and future plans must consider the full range of viable alternative generation sources that are environmentally friendly, logistically feasible and economically responsible.”
Vietnam’s largest waste-to-energy plant nears completion
Imagine if Hanoi had no place to bury its garbage. How would the huge amount of waste collected every day be handled? Such questions, however, will no longer be a concern, as a plant generating electricity from waste, with a capacity of 4,000 tons a day, will begin operations in the capital in September.
Endangered species are paying the price of COVID-19
For months, we’ve been researching the uptick in logging and poaching, which are gradually emptying out the forests here in Cambodia as well as neighboring Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. And for communities on the edges of wildlife-rich forests, exploiting these resources is increasingly a matter of survival.
Super set to build hybrid power plant
The 2-billion-baht project has an installed power generation capacity of 49 megawatts from an on-ground solar farm, with back-up power from a 1MW biogas-fired power plant and a 136MW-hour energy storage system. It’s claimed to have the largest capacity in Southeast Asia for a hybrid renewable power plant.