The water outflow at Jinghong hydropower station in China’s Yunnan province is dropping due to power grid maintenance during 5–24 January 2021, leading to changes in river water levels along the Mekong River in Thailand, Lao PDR, and Cambodia.
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What are Vietnam’s options for dealing with plastic waste?
Vietnam should set up legal framework for recycling plastic waste, reduce plastic use and find new materials to replace non-recyclable plastics, according to experts.
Second chance for Cambodia’s big birds after wildlife sanctuary saved
For a suspenseful three years, Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary seemed doomed. But now, changed policies, changed hearts and a new organic rice scheme promises hope for the forest landscape’s villagers, businesses and giant birds.
Annual Ayeyarwady dolphin survey to be conducted February
There are 79 dolphins as per existing survey – electro-fishing was one of the main reasons for the decline of the Ayeyarwady dolphins.
Proposed land management and urban planning law moves forward
A proposal that will lead to substantial changes to the existing law governing land management and urban planning in Cambodia is moving forward.
Strengthening India’s strategic ties with Mekong subregion
Though the subregional mechanism, the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC), exists — through which India engages with the five nations in the Mekong subregion — it focuses on socio-economic and cultural cooperation such as connectivity, trade, tourism, etc.
Mekong delta salt-making craft named national heritage
The salt fields stretch for tens of kilometres along the coast, from Vinh Chau beach to Ganh Hao estuary. In the early years of the 20th century, salt-making was one of three major economic sectors, after rice and aquaculture,
Cold spell kills tonnes of fish
Farmers raising fish in the Songkhram stream, a Mekong river tributary, are mostly from Hat Kuan village in tambon Chaiburi of Tha Uthen district.
LONGi supplies 70 MW modules to the largest floating PV plant cluster in Vietnam
The 35-MWp Ho Tam Bo Floating Solar Power Plant and the 35-MWp Ho Gia Hoet 1 floating PV plant together form the largest floating PV cluster in Southeast Asia
Limestone mining in northern Vietnam pushes endangered langurs to extinction
Last year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked provincial authorities to protect this primate and review the environmental impact of stone mining on the langurs’ natural habitat.