Think tank TDRI warned the government about providing too many privileges for investors in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Myanmar renews SEZ push
Three special economic zones underpin plans to expand manufacturing to spur economic development, but Dawei in particular has languished for years.
Data for a changing world: Satellites for sustainability
To manage resources sustainably in a changing world, you need information. Good decisions require comprehensive, accessible, easy-to-use data.
New water fees ‘threaten livelihoods’
“This policy will be a huge blow for the farmers, especially for rice farmers, because they have already suffered from deficits in selling rice,” leading economist said.
Ministry’s historic move eliminates hundreds of business prerequisites
Half of total business and investment necessary preconditions have been lifted under a MOIT decision, praised as a historic move that aims to create favorable conditions for businesses.
FIDH report warns of “potential land conflict epidemic”
The compensation rate is only 6 percent of the market price. This is not business. This is robbery, states the International Federation for Human Rights.
Mekong Delta faces three big challenges caused by climate change
Mekong Delta, the rice granary of Vietnam, is facing three challenges from climate change, unsustainable development and hydropower development, says local ecologist.
Documentaries: Women in the uplands of Laos: diverse actors in development
The Women’s Lives Project presents lives of rural women in the uplands of Laos to seek new approaches to rural development that see women as diverse actors.
Malaysia inks cross-border power deal with Thailand and Laos
Malaysia will be able to purchase up to 100mw of hydropower from Laos next year after the signing of the Energy Purchase of Wheeling Agreement between Malaysia, Laos and Thailand.
World focus on the Mekong Delta
According to studies, 39 per cent of the Mekong Delta could be underwater by the year 2100.