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Remote sensing observation to help sustainable development along the Mekong
China will coordinate with countries from Asia and Oceania to conduct satellite remote sensing observation along the Mekong River, according to the website of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).Keep reading ...
Construction of sixth Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge in Ubon Ratchathani sped up
The Ministry of Transport is speed up the construction of the sixth Thailand – Laos Friendship Bridge in Ubon Ratchathani and other infrastructures in the lower northeastern region. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said the sixth Thailand – Laos Friendship Bridge will connect Ubon Ratchathani province with ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.Keep ...
Mekong River nations face the hidden costs of China’s dams
Sam In, a 48-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia’s northeastern province of Stung Treng, never knew that people paid for water until he was forced to move out of his home on the banks of a Mekong River tributary two years ago.Keep reading ...
Yukako Ono
The Great Mekong Bike Ride 2018
Enjoy magnificent Northeastern scenery, culture and, of course, food, and get fit into the bargain in the upcoming ‘Great Mekong Bike Ride 2018’ scheduled for May 17 to 20. The eco-friendly race, which is being organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and Thailand Tri-League, ...
Pact calls for talks before major Mekong projects
Leaders of the lower Mekong basin countries – Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam – agreed yesterday (April,4) to continue implementing rules and procedures for water use under the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in order to regulate controversial projects on Southeast Asia’s longest river.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Chiang Rai forestry official fired over illegal logging
A temporary Royal Forestry Department official in Chiang Rai has been sacked for allegedly helping illegal loggers transport timber near the Mekong River. More than 20 logs and at least 100 processed planks were trucked to the department’s Forest Protection Unit in Chiang Saen district ...
The Nation Reporter
Mekong River conference hears of determination to work with LMC
The china-led international organisation for transboundary water management in Mekong River Basin, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC), has pledged to work with its counterpart, the Mekong River Commission (MRC), which regulates the lower portion of Southeast Asia’s longest river, to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Mekong River dams ‘will harm food security’
Study claims hydropower development will also increase poverty in the region. Hydropower development on the Mekong River will aggravate food insecurity and poverty in the region and reverse the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a study says.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Six decades of water cooperation puts Mekong basin on track to achieve SDGs
In September 1957, representatives from the four countries in the lower Mekong basin met in Bangkok to take the first steps towards cooperative development and management of their shared water resources. The agreement they signed established the Mekong Committee, the predecessor of the Mekong River ...
Pham Tuan Phan
