Last week, China and Laos began track laying work in the China-Laos railway project between the two countries, which, once built, is set to be the longest railway in Asia outside of China.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
No to dam building: Loud call to leave rivers in peace
Ethnic and indigenous people along the Salween River are ramping-up campaigns to halt dam building.
Mekong Delta’s “start-up farmer” in search of organic rice
Over the past four years, along with his studies, Vũ has experimented and cultivated different types of organic rice and vegetables on a small farm of 4,500sq.m in Hòn Đất District, Kiên Giang Province.
Rice prices hit 6-year high as Thailand and Vietnam face drought
International prices of rice have surged as droughts keep production low in key exporters Thailand and Vietnam, while panic buying amid the coronavirus pandemic is also tightening supply.
‘Logging rampant despite pandemic’
Forest activists claimed they had observed more cases of deforestation in the Prey Lang area than before the Covid-19 outbreak and have witnessed no crackdown by the relevant authorities.
Forest Fires in Northern Thailand The Work of Arsonists
Thailand’s Environment Minister has said foragers and arsonists are responsible for several forest fires in Northern Thailand. Saying Fires in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park were deliberately started to cause trouble.