Myanmar’s second-largest city is struggling to dispose of its waste properly amid growing fast-growing businesses and an increasing population.
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China Building Massive Myanmar Border Wall: Reports
To be sure, Chinese officials have long been concerned that their nation’s porous borders with Myanmar have facilitated drug production and trafficking in all manner of contraband, as well as an outlet for illicit capital flows.
Eight Years, and Still No Answers on Development Activist’s Disappearance
Sombath Somphone’s 2012 abduction by Lao police heralded an alarming trend of “disappearances” in mainland Southeast Asian countries.
Myanmar Vows to Slash Carbon Emissions by Hundreds of Millions of Tonnes
The plan aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over 243 million tonnes by increasing the share of renewable energy to 39 percent and reducing net emissions from the forestry sector by 25 percent.
Natural disasters cause people to flee Mekong Delta
The fear of natural disasters has caused more than 1.3 million people living in the Mekong Delta to migrate to HCMC and elsewhere.
Mekong monitoring adds to US-China tensions
China welcomes constructive suggestions from countries outside the region on the development and utilization of water resources by countries in the region. But we firmly oppose malicious moves to drive a wedge between us.”
Gov’t, Laos-China Railway sign development MoU
To develop areas surrounding railway stations in the capital and Oudomxay, Vientiane and Luang Prabang provinces, with the aim of fostering industry and logistics.
Visions toward a federal land governance system in Myanmar
Development and large-scale investment projects such as China’s BRI are not waiting for a national land law to be finalized and adopted, but instead are using the current uncertain political situation and pro-business laws.
Amid hazy skies, need for reform is clear
We thought we could push the government to act on an arguably life-or-death issue. But we were fighting against a mammoth organisation with the inertia factor of a large glacier.