The Government’s goal to extract another one million tonnes of crude oil by December to meet its economic growth target is challenging, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Association (VOGA) said.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Deepening World Bank and AIIB cooperation: Locking in a failed development model?
Civil society fears that the AIIB, far from providing developing countries a different development and financing paradigm, is on its way to supporting existing development models that do nothing to assist developing countries.
Japanese businesses express no interest in Dawei or Kyaukphyu SEZ
Interview with Katsuji Nakagawa from the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Myanmar: “…At least among JCCM members, we did not have any comments like ‘oh we want to support Dawei”.
Belt and Road must learn from mistakes of Myitsone Dam, says academic
The success of China’s Belt and Road scheme hinges on whether Beijing can learn from the mistakes of Myitsone Dam and engage with Myanmar on an equal basis, the chair of a Singapore-based think tank says.
No bad vibes from Myanmar over mass worker exodus, says Thai foreign minister
Myanmar authorities have not sent negative signals towards Thailand after thousands of Myanmar workers in the Kingdom returned to their homeland following the enactment of the new foreign labour law.
Report Launch: Mekong Power Shift: Emerging Trends in the GMS Power Sector
Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia team will launch their latest report on July 6 in Phnom Penh.
$2.8 bln power plant makes Japan Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor in H1
FDI is a major driving force behind Vietnam’s economy. Actual foreign direct investment flowing into Vietnam is estimated to have risen 6.5 percent in the first six months of 2017 from the same period last year to $7.72 billion.
Chinese encouraged to invest more
“Cambodia will not create technical barriers for imported products from China to Cambodia,” Commerce Ministry Chhoun Dara said.
Powerful politicians ‘threatening’ power plant opponents
Local people are being threatened by the local powerful politicians in the bid to protest the waste-to-power plant projects across the country, while academics stress that construction of the plant in the right location will prevent conflict in the first place.
Concerns as Vietnam allows coal-fired power plant to dump waste near protected waters
Nearly one million of cubic meters of ‘organic’ mud will be dumped near a marine reserve.