Perspectives
by Lia Sciortino
Perspectives
Reading Media
Johanna Son
BANGKOK -- Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. What images might these words conjure up in the minds of international consumers of news? Perhaps war, maybe the Khmer Rouge. Or they might say, ‘Oh, it’s that those countries that had that war some time ago. . . they’re near one another, and they’re all the same’.
Cambodia, China Seek Cooperation on Water
PHNOM PENH (Xinhuanet) - The governments of China and Cambodia will strengthen and expand cooperation on water resources for the benefit of the two countries and the people.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here on Nov. 2 by visiting Chinese Water Resources Minister Wang Shucheng and his Cambodian counterpart Lim Kean Hor, minister of Water Resources and Meteorology. Under the MoU, the two sides agreed to strengthen and expand the existing China-Cambodia cooperation in the utilisation, management and sustainable development of water resources and establish short, medium and long-term cooperative relationships on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
Exchanging visits, information, experts and organising technical training are also on the agenda of bilateral cooperation. Lim Kean Hor thanked the Chinese government for its "sincere and consistent assistance" to Cambodia "either in defending sovereignty or in the years of development of country's economy."
He reaffirmed that the Cambodian government will stick to the One China policy and firmly support China's great cause of reunification.
While commending China's achievements in water resource management and the construction of hydropower projects, Lim Kean Hor welcomed more Chinese companies to invest in Cambodia's hydropower station.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here on Nov. 2 by visiting Chinese Water Resources Minister Wang Shucheng and his Cambodian counterpart Lim Kean Hor, minister of Water Resources and Meteorology. Under the MoU, the two sides agreed to strengthen and expand the existing China-Cambodia cooperation in the utilisation, management and sustainable development of water resources and establish short, medium and long-term cooperative relationships on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
Exchanging visits, information, experts and organising technical training are also on the agenda of bilateral cooperation. Lim Kean Hor thanked the Chinese government for its "sincere and consistent assistance" to Cambodia "either in defending sovereignty or in the years of development of country's economy."
He reaffirmed that the Cambodian government will stick to the One China policy and firmly support China's great cause of reunification.
While commending China's achievements in water resource management and the construction of hydropower projects, Lim Kean Hor welcomed more Chinese companies to invest in Cambodia's hydropower station.
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Journalism Workshop Applications Deadline Moved to Dec. 2, 2011
Due to the current flooding crisis in Bangkok, the Mekong Energy Journalism Workshop, originally set for Nov. 27-30, 2011, has been moved to 17 - 20 January 2012. Application submission deadline is on Dec. 2, 2011. The selection result will be announced on Dec. 14, 2011.
MA Scholarships Open for Myanmar Students
Heinrich Boell Foundation holds an annual scholarship competition for a small number of students from within Myanmar/Burma to study at two premier Thai universities, offering three international programmes for the academic year 2009 and 2009/10.