Water Resources Ministry says it is conducting an EIA in response to a proposal from Try Pheap Engineering & Construction Co Ltd to dredge the Mekong River and use the sand to develop the river bank.
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Experts Warn of ‘Debt-Trap’ For Vietnam in Belt and Road Initiative as China Bids For Projects
Among the issues at play in Vietnam are infrastructure projects pursued by China, such as Vietnam’s proposed North-South Expressway.
Govt plans three-month mining moratorium in disaster-prone Hpakant
The moratorium will occur during the rainy season from July to August amid concerns about accidents.
China-Laos railway’s 1st bridge span completed over Mekong River
The 1,458.9-meter Luang Prabang cross-Mekong bridge, some 220 km north of Lao capital Vientiane, is a key project of the China-Laos railway.
Myanmar’s deadly jade mining
In a poorly regulated industry plagued by corruption, dozens die each year in Myanmar’s jade mining landslides – with last month’s deaths the latest in a long string of accidents to befall the Hpakant area of Kachin state.
Authorities accused of ignoring logging
Originally when people came to clear the land, they persuaded the local authorities to issue a letter recognising their private ownership, despite indigenous residents having used part of the public land as a cemetery.
Vietnam culls 1.5 million pigs as African swine fever epidemic rages
“The situation has grown extremely complicated,” Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said. Never in history has the world faced such a “dangerous disease.”