The leaders of the Mekong countries presumably are aware of the problems, but the overwhelming desire is not to offend China.
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Vietnam’s agricultural sector at a crossroads
The first problems persistently faced by Vietnam’s agricultural sector is its institutional failures in regulating production, environment regulations, and agricultural input and output markets.
ADB approves $195 million financing package for Myanmar
Fund at least 15,000 resilient livelihood subprojects, including climate-smart agriculture, livestock, fisheries, value addition to farm and nonfarm products, marketing, and the acquisition for new skills and employment.
Did Vietnam Just Doom the Mekong?
In joining the Lao effort to build the Luang Prabang hydropower project, Hanoi reverses policy, putting Vietnam’s credibility and the Mekong’s fate on the line.
Thai chemicals’ ban derailed by ‘4 forces’
The reversal was the result of a joint effort by a Thai animal-feed producer, a group of herbicide producers, and two political parties in collusion with US entities.
Development Partners Remind Laos of the Regional Effects of its Hydropower Projects
The statement was endorsed by Australia, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the World Bank Group.