But it’s Thailand that is breaking new, treacherous ground by becoming the first big country to get old before it’s had a chance to become prosperous.
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Vietnam should forget about high speed railway until 2030
What we need now is expressways, which, with strong determination and swift actions, we can basically complete in around 10 or 15 years.
Laos Hit by Worst Drought in Decades
The lack of rain has delayed rice production in the country’s 800,000 hectares of wet-season rice fields, with transplantation only 40 percent completed.
Missing Mekong waters rouse suspicions of China
Scientists and people living along the river fear the impact of the worst drought in years has been exacerbated by upstream dams raising the prospect of irreversible change on the river that supports one of Southeast Asia’s most important rice-growing regions.
Interview: ‘China Needs to Put its Money Where its Mouth is and Actually Release Some Water to Relieve the Drought’
Thailand’s plastic-filled seas claim another endangered turtle
An autopsy determined that the turtle died from eating garbage, including plastic bags, which turtles confuse for jellyfish.
Dawei SEZ stands better chance with Japanese participation, officials say
The governments of Myanmar, Japan and Thailand will be meeting over the troubled Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project that has stalled since 2013 for lack of funding.
Xayaburi Dam partly to blame for Mekong Basin crisis: activists
Activists say some of the blame for the severe water shortage in the Mekong River Basin lies with the Xayaburi hydropower dam in Laos.
Don grateful to China, Laos for opening Mekong dams
Thai Foreign Minister lauds China and Laos for releasing water from the Jinghong and Xayaburi dams to help relieve the drought crisis in the Mekong Basin.
Loggers arrested in Kampomg Chhnang