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The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam
In a bold move, the organizers brought a group of bloodied, weakened statues of these animals to Buddhist temples, the center of spiritual life for most Vietnamese, around the country.
Plundering Cambodia’s Forests
Huge convoys of trucks packed with timber, drive straight out of protected areas and across the border into Vietnam, yet the EU has struck a deal with Vietnam that will allow it to certify its own timber exports to Europe.
Confronting Property Rights and Wrongs in Laos
The issue of property rights looms large as part of various issues that the Southeast Asian country and its people are contending with.
Using Myanmar as major transit point, illegal wildlife trade spreads in region
Myanmar has become an important transit point for the illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
12th LMI Ministerial Meeting in Thailand
The 12th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 1, on the sidelines of the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52).
China ‘taking control’ of vital Mekong river through dam-building spree, Mike Pompeo warns
China is taking control of the flow of Southeast Asia’s most important river through a dam-building “spree”, and “rapid-blasting”, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns.
Mekong runs dry as politics, business fail local communities
The people in the lower Mekong predict the unstable water level will decimate migratory fish stocks and impact food security in an area where local communities depend on river fish.
Vietnam will face severe power shortages from 2021: ministry
“We believe that Vietnam will have the capacity to resolve their power shortages by increasing electricity imports over the coming years, which will come largely from Laos and China.”