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Electricity agency, Laos renew PPAs
Thailand has signed total PPAs to buy 6,000MW of power from Laos, as the Laotian government is studying the feasibility of the 1,600 MW Mekong-Luang Prabang hydroelectric project.
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation offers opportunities for regional cooperation: seminar
A seminar on Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) was held here on Monday, with officials and scholars from China and Vietnam reaching consensus on promoting regional cooperation.
Mekong River Commission to advance its data and information systems
The MRC is reinvigorating its data, modeling and information systems to provide enhanced and timely information to the public and MRC member countries.
Forests cannot grow on state violence
Millions of forest dwellers will soon be subjected to more severe state repression than Thai Muslims in the deep South under the suffocating emergency law.
Civil society groups from across Myanmar hold anti-hydropower protest
These dams directly threaten and exploit the fragile ecology of the rivers and the ethnic communities who rely on them for their survival.
Mekong Delta rope weaving families’ exodus to Saigon
Unable to earn enough in their hometown, they come to Saigon, rent some land and resume their traditional work.