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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
China agrees to continue Kyaukpyu project, key compoent of SEZ
“If the new agreement is made, the loan to implement the project will be included through the private sector. It cannot be tracked back to Myanmar government. At present, I am concentrating on Myanmar government to lessen its debt load,” said Sett Aung.
1.5 degree ambition demands radical change, UN warns
It will need fundamental change to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees, but not doing so will cost much more, warns Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
EEC mustn’t steamroll locals’ rights
Military and security personnel took over a public forum on land disputes surrounding the junta’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor project to, “listen to the people”.
Vietnam’s First National Car Company Seen as Possible Economic Engine
The manufacturer will have the capacity to produce 250,000 cars yearly in the next five years or so. That is close to the number of cars sold in Vietnam last year.
Myanmar at bottom of global index on illicit trade
Ranks 82 out of 84 countries evaluated, with score of 23.0 out of 100. Apart from Iraq and Libya—Myanmar shows the poorest structural defense against illicit trade.
Sustainable forestry management project approved
he goal is to establish planted forests as a source of wood to ensure at least 80 percent of Vietnam’s exported wood products are sustainably sourced.
New Report: Bangkok, London and Shanghai among cities sinking as climate change raises sea levels
Bangkok is a city whose hydrological vulnerability to rising sea
levels has been exacerbated by its own water use.
Bold bid to seamlessly turn Bangkok into a ‘smart city’
‘Seamless travelling” is becoming a new buzz word in Thailand. The term has been around for a while but got a new lease on life on Friday as Thai PM turned his sights on Bangkok.