Disasters and emergency response
Mekong River floods rice paddies in Beung Kan
Overnight rain has caused the water level in the Mekong River in Beung Kan province to rise continuously, resulting in other waterways overflowing and flooding rice paddies in the municipality. Keep reading ...
Nuppol Suvansombut
Thailand ramps up relief efforts to devastated Lao communities
The Thailand government has rushed rescue teams and medical personnel to devastated communities downstream of an under-construction dam in Lao PDR that reportedly partially collapsed on Monday (July 23) obliterating communities, leaving hundreds of people missing and displacing more than 6,600.Keep reading ...
John Le Fevre
Thailand joins international aid effort for flooded Laos
International support from both the private and government sectors is pouring into Laos after the country’s southeastern Attapeu province was hit by a severe flash flood following the collapse of a hydropower saddle dam.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Nong Khai folk turn drought to opportunity with Mekong beach
With a sand beach revealed as the Mekong River subsided for the summer season, the Nong Khai community saw opportunity to create a tourist attraction. Residents set up 55 food stalls on the riverbank near a 500-metre-long waterfront sand dune in Ban Phan Prao village ...
The Nation Reporter
Children at risk of rabies– despite vaccinations – after savage attack by dog
Three children are at risk of rabies infections, despite being vaccinated, after a rabid dog attacked them in Samut Prakan province on March, 20 night.“The risk is particularly high when the victims receive several or severe bites,” Professor Thiravat Hemachudha, a prominent doctor and lecturer ...
The Nation Reporter
Immunising Asean
Southeast Asia has become a hot spot for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, which has led to stepped-up international efforts to strengthen national and regional pandemic preparedness capacity.Socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors are driving the emergence of more disease outbreaks in the region, according to ...
Nareerat Wiriyapong
Villagers from Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong District Turn Drought into Baht, Selling Weeds from Mekong River
CHIANG RAI – Residents of a village in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district has turned the annual drought into an opportunity by harvesting Mekong weeds to sell, earning some Bt500 to Bt2,000 a day.Residents of Ban Haad Krai village in Tambon Vieng said they started ...
