Imaging Our Mekong - Mekong Media Roundup

VIETNAM: Guidelines Seek to Assist Trafficked Women and Children

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:27:39 -0500

HANOI - Trafficked women and children would receive more help to return to Vietnam and integrate back into society with the release of ministry guidelines on effective use of the law, a press conference was told here on June 27.

LAOS: More Illegal Migrants Volunteer to Return Home

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:28:47 -0500

VIENTIANE - A group of 837 illegal Lao migrants arrived in Vientiane on June 22 after spending years suffering in Thai detention camps.

THAILAND: Landmines Threaten Elephants

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:33:48 -0500

MAE SOT, Thailand - More than 100 elephants hauling logs on the Thai-Burmese border are in constant danger, as one step in the wrong direction could injure or even kill them.

CAMBODIA: Chinese Language Courses Popular

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:34:37 -0500

PHNOM PENH - While English remains the most popular foreign language among students in Cambodia, Chinese, Japanese and Korean are fast catching up as young Khmers increasingly view them as a gateway to better jobs in the country’s growing industrial and tourism sectors.

Row Over Preah Vihear Continues

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:35:58 -0500

BANGKOK - Thailand will ask Unesco to delay a decision on Cambodia's proposal to list Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site, said Pongpol Adireksarn, head of Thailand's World Heritage Committee following the Central Administrative Court injunction on June 28 against the Thai government supporting Cambodia's bid.

Mekong Region: China-Thailand Road Due in 2011

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:30:26 -0500

MANILA - Senior officials of several Mekong countries agreed today to build a bridge across the Mekong River that will connect the south-western Yunnnan province of China directly to Bangkok, Thailand by road.

Chinese Firms to Study Lao Power Project

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:15:45 -0500

VIENTIANE - The Lao government has approved plans by two Chinese
companies to conduct a 30-month survey for the feasibility of
developing the Paklay Hydroelectric Power Project in Xayaboury province.

China, Cambodia Get Closer

Thu, 10 May 2007 07:19:54 -0500

PHNOM PENH - China's Yunnan province expanded economic cooperation with Cambodia in fields ranging from real estate to hydropower plant and electricity transmission network under new agreements signed here on Apr. 7.

The Dry, Dry Mekong

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:03:55 -0500

The arrival of the dry season and the emergence of two mega-dam
projects in China have contributed to the drying up of the Mekong
river, with water levels dropping to less than one metre in many
sections, the 'Bangkok Post' reported on Apr. 1.

LAOS: First Human Casualty of Avian Flu

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:45:57 -0600

VIENTIANE – Laos’ health ministry confirmed the Mar. 7 death of the first person with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, more than two weeks after she was hospitalised in neighbouring Nongkhai province in Thailand.

Lao Protests Knock Drama Off Thai TV

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:18:49 -0600

BANGKOK - Channel 7 television and Workpoint Entertainment gave in under pressure from the Lao government and on Feb. 13 suspended indefinitely the airing of a controversial soap opera.

Work Begins on Serepok Dam

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:18:11 -0600

DAK LAK, Vietnam - The first stage of dam construction for a 220-megawatt hydroelectric power plant on the Serepok river began at two communes in Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong on Feb. 7.

3rd Mekong Bridge Coming Up

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:55:06 -0600

BANGKOK - A third bridge crossing the Mekong River will be built between Thailand and Laos, linking the towns of Chiang Rai with Houei Say, Thai officials said in January.

China's Central Bank Goes Green

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:52:40 -0600

BEIJING - Enterprises that have poor environmental records risk being rejected for bank loans under a nationwide credit system that factors environmental information into loan applications.

Laos-Vietnam Trade Has Much Room to Grow

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:49:21 -0600

Bilateral trade between Laos and Vietnam can be quadrupled to reach one billion U.S. dollars by 2010, A Lao official said in February.