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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam PM: Industry 4.0 brings about opportunities for Mekong integration
The fourth Industrial Revolution offers integration opportunities given the rising role of soft and digital connectivity within economies.
NGOs to boycott MRC meet
The Mekong River Committee plans to hold an open forum this month on the development of hydropower dams along the river. NGOs plan to boycott the event.
How better hydropower planning can avert future disasters on the Mekon
Those in power must give stronger voices to marginalised communities and protection to natural flood defenses.
China and Myanmar may soon be connected via bullet train
Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said China supports bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh.
China can’t always get what it wants in Thailand
Long before Belt & Road projects were seen as sovereignty-eroding debt traps, Bangkok’s military rulers were tactfully resisting the terms and reach of Beijing’s advances.
Cambodia’s port-construction and expansion frenzy
In the last few months, several major port construction, expansion, and improvement projects were either completed, underway, or are being planned.
Laos to keep building dams despite negative impacts
Remains keen to export hydropower despite charges its dam building is harming the environment and threatening livelihoods.