Mekong Eye

Myanmar at risk from worsening climate crisis
September 17, 2019
Myanmar has been one of the three countries most affected by weather-related damage (storms, floods, heat waves etc.) in the last two decades, according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2019.
Lao Authorities Arrest Woman for Criticizing Flood Relief Efforts on Facebook
September 17, 2019
A woman in Laos was arrested last week on charges of defaming the country after she posted criticism on Facebook of the slow government response to severe floods in the country’s southern provinces.
Hun Sen Slowly Selling Cambodia Down the Mekong River to China

Belt and Road
September 17, 2019
A report published by Cambodia’s Interior Ministry stated that over 250,000 Chinese nationals currently reside in the country. This is over 60% of all foreign residents in Cambodia.
Lilly, Thailand’s Greta Thunberg, wages ‘war’ on plastic
September 17, 2019
“I am a kid at war,” the bubbly 12-year-old says after a painstaking hour-long routine picking up cans, bags and bottles bobbing in the canal.
Shan people opposes IFC’s study promoting dams in Namtu river: NGO
September 16, 2019
The Shan people are opposing a study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, because it promotes the building of dams on the Namtu River.
New-style rural area building programme achieves much success in Mekong Delta
September 16, 2019
The programme, launched by the Government in 2010, sets out 19 criteria for building new-style rural areas such as planning, transportation, electricity, irrigation, healthcare, culture, education, environment and social order.