Infrastructure

BANGKOK, Nov 6 (Newsmekong/IPS Asia-Pacific) - It may look like everything is going against them but with a little bit of luck, lots of hard work and creativity, small poultry farmers who have been affected by avian flu outbreaks have a good chance of economic survival, say experts here.

Different countries in the Mekong Region may have been affected by avian flu in similar ways, but their responses have been quite varied – shaped by trade concerns, diverse economies and types of poultry farming.

 

The vast, limitless ricefields between Vietnam’s An Giang province and Cambodia’s Takeo province were full of yellow paddy just three months ago in June. But by September 2006, water from the Mekong River had flooded almost the entire area, except for a narrow three-kilometre road that links the two provinces.

BANGKOK, Jul 19 - Regional development plans in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) are grounded in the building of an extensive infrastructural structure that integrates all its countries into an unique ”growth area”. A network of transnational roads and, to a lesser extent, rail routes that links transport systems, power grids and markets across and beyond the sub-region is meant to facilitate fuller participation of GMS countries in the regional and global economy by enhancing their competitiveness as an economic bloc.

BANGKOK, Jul 17 (IPS) - A sharp difference of opinion between the
Asian Development Bank (AsDB) and the United Nations Environment
programme (UNEP) has surfaced over a flagship venture of the Manila-

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.

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.

BANGKOK, Jun 5 - Mizzima News, a news agency run by Burmese exiles from India, reported on May 4 that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) denied having provided direct financial backing to developmental efforts in Burma (also officially known as Myanmar) under the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) cooperation framework.

BANGKOK, Apr 10 - On Mar. 28, 'The Nation' newspaper reported that more than 16.4 million Thais are now living in areas at risk from rising sea levels and intense cyclones linked to climate change.