Doing things differently clearly works out well for Hong, whose impressive list of accolades includes building one of Vietnam’s most effective campaigning organizations.
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Little Laos teeters towards big debt crisis
Laos’ finances are ‘inadequate’ to meet its foreign debt payments, and with Chinese loans and investment in all sectors of the economy, any future development will be more or less directed by Chinese interests.
What to do about forest fires?
A village headman and social worker share their thoughts on the matter
Nature wins in virus crisis
It is good to hear from Natural Resources and Environment Minister that his ministry is considering closing the country’s 157 national parks for three months each year to allow the ecology and environment to improve.
Slow grid rollout shows why Myanmar should join the personal energy revolution
Where demand density is low, such as villages and rural towns, it should prioritise personal energy. More people will receive electricity faster and the risk of premature grid extension without sufficient supply can be mitigated.
How to mitigate the health disaster of air pollution – can the successful Vietnamese Covid response teach us some lessons?
Air pollution is “a silent killer” in Vietnam where more than 60 000 deaths per year, more than traffic accidents with 11,000 deaths.
Chinese engineering firm fully resumes construction of China-Laos railway
As of Saturday the China Railway Group Limited (CREC) has resumed construction at all its work sites along the China-Laos Railway.
Building a sustainable, inclusive and more resilient Cambodia
This is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Hun Sen in promoting a people-centric development approach.
China’s drain on Mekong
Nobody will buy China’s defence as long as it offers no transparency on its use of Mekong water upstream.