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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam to host green transport event
Vietnam will host the 12th Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia (EST 12) this year, said the Ministry of Transport
Poor and isolated, Myanmar backs into a China debt trap
Myanmar’s parliament hopes China will accept repayment of its debts in rice, but payback will more likely come through deep-reaching economic concessions
Massive township development set to proceed
The massive New Mandalay Resort City (NMRC) integrated township project is set to move forward on a 4000 hectare site off the Mandalay-Lashio highway in Mandalay Region’s Pyin Oo Lwin district.
Adapting Japan’s green habits in Phnom Penh
even Japanese organisations, led by Mitsubishi Corporation Phnom Penh Representative Office, have started an initiative dubbed the Phnom Penh Clean City Challenge
Khai: A gift from the Ou River
A cascade of dams is changing the river’s ecology and threatening riverweed – a traditional source of food in northern Laos
How can agriculture in Lao’s Champassak province be improved?
The Mekong River ecosystem is fairly healthy but there is too much rubbish. People depend on fish and other aquatic foods so it is extremely important that the river is kept in as good a condition.
Probe into Cambodia police land protestor shooting launched
Cambodian authorities have moved quickly to investigate a clash between land protestors and the provincial military police in Sihanouk province last week during which one protestor was shot.