China-Laos railway’s 1st bridge span completed over Mekong River
Belt and Road
May 22, 2019
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.
Belt and Road
Belt and Road
Myanmar’s deadly jade mining
May 22, 2019
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
May 22, 2019
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
May 22, 2019
“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.”
Thai and Cambodian Mekong Committees agree on risk mitigation measures
May 22, 2019
Priorities include flood and drought mitigation plans, database management on flood and drought, hydromet network improvements, and regional capacity building on flood and drought management.
Police in Myanmar Raid Village, Arrest Residents For Protest Against Cement Plant
May 22, 2019
Villagers demanded compensation for land they say they lost when an 18-foot-wide road was built as part of the project and urged authorities to address an influx of hundreds of Chinese employees who are working at the site.
Cambodia
Cambodia and the Issue of China’s Debt Trap
May 21, 2019
Laos
Minister to push for two more Mekong bridges
May 21, 2019
Myanmar
Making Yangon a green city
May 22, 2019
Yangon gets smarter
May 21, 2019
No Dam: Images of devastation and determination Seng Mai
Rice or Rights: The plight of Chinese dam victims in Myanmar as options for survival dwindle Seng Mai
Vietnamese provinces say “no” to coal plants–government and industry still want more Le Quynh
"Our land is collapsing around us’: Ayeyarwady at risk from rampant sand mining Hein Ko Soe and Clare Hammond
