Environment and land
China Focus: Lancang-Mekong cooperation on fast track
The international shipping route on a key river running through China and southeast Asia is busy as usual, with boatmen wasting no time in loading and unloading cargo from ships.Keep reading ...
Mu Xuequan
Only a fundamental mindset shift can save the Mekong Delta: expert
Well-meant but misguided climate change interventions in the Mekong Delta are set to do more harm than good, and only a change in policymakers’ mindset can reverse the damage, an independent researcher and expert said on December 14.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
China urges utilisation of LMC scheme for boost to agriculture sector
China sees an imbalance in the agriculture development among the six countries in the Mekong basin and would push for utilisation of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) scheme to unlock its potential, a Chinese senior official said.Keep reading ...
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE
Mekong group sets sights on agriculture
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC), a relatively new mechanism to enhance regional cooperation among Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries and China, is still in its infant stages, but has already achieved a great deal when it comes to the development of agriculture technology in the region, ...
Cambodia, Vietnam to Suffer Most from Mekong Damming
The drastic reduction in sediment flow in the Mekong River is threatening the stability of the delta and the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on its resources says a new study by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and the ...
AEC News Today Reporter
Mekong River Commission stations not operational
Less than half of the monitoring stations set up by the Mekong River Commission in Cambodia are operational due to a lack of financial commitment from the Cambodian government, officials said yesterday, jeopardising the collection of important environmental and hydrological data.Though the stations were set ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Rinith Taing
Searching for sustainable energy in the Mekong
Southeast Asian governments are starting to wake up to the vast potential of solar energy, under pressure from civil society groups that insist it is time to get on board with a global revolution in renewable energy.[]This global change has lessons for Southeast Asia, especially ...
Tom Fawthrop
Dams, mining destabilising Mekong delta — study
The drastic reduction in sediment flow in the Mekong River is threatening the stability of the delta and the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on its resources, says a new study by UNESCO and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).Keep reading ...
Fatima Arkin
Mekong countries agree to equal funding of river commission by 2030
Water and environmental ministers from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam laid out their agenda for 2018 at the 24th Mekong River Commission Council in Pattaya.Keep reading ...
Keng Na Songkhla
National Mekong Committee urged to promote role in regional growth
The Vietnam National Mekong Committee should promote its role in the growth of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands regions, stated Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha, Chairman of the Committee at a meeting in An Giang on December 8.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter