China has a colonial agenda with Laos. It provides aid and investment, but both come at the cost of Laotian sovereignty.
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Subregion summit kicks off in Hanoi
Their 5-year Hanoi Action Plan, with Regional Investment Framework of 226 subregion development projects worth 2 trillion baht are on the table.
Non-smoke industry producing far much smoke to Ha Long Bay
When heritage sites bring trillions of dong in revenue to localities, management boards cannot allocate a budget for biodiversity supervision
Why Cambodia’s beach town Sihanoukville could be the region’s next big tourist hub
Could Sihanoukville become Cambodia’s biggest city within the next two decades, some developers think so.
Thailand’s Special Economic Zones Fail to Deliver
Due to competing investment schemes, the distance from the main centers of Thailand’s economy, and an unclear political future, SEZ’s are unlikely to live up to expectations.
Woman’s sustainable farming struggles against industrial encroachment
Women’s vision for agriculture development is so far falling flat with those implementing Thailand’s flagship EEC development project
Women’s sustainable coastal management struggle against EEC port expansion
Women’s efforts to restore and sustain fisheries and communities near Thailand’s Laem Chabang deep sea port are in an uphill battle to survive
IFC plans for more investments in microfinance
Vanessa Vizcarra Bianchi, IFC’s lead of financial institutions advisory services for Mekong Region, said in an exclusive interview that the organisation would invest in three or four more MFIs by the end of this year.
$66b invested in Greater Mekong Sub-region: ADB official
Upped by $2 billion compared to what ministers of the six GMS countries agreed to in the action plan late last year.
Sustainable tourism development in heritage sites talked in Hanoi
Benefits, but the overdevelopment of tourism in several coastal provinces results in numerous negative impacts