from Mouth to Source
March 6, 2012 8:04 am

Viet Nam, Cambodia boost joint border marking efforts

Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam HA NOI — Viet Nam and Cambodia agreed on more than 50 sites for establishing border demarcations between the two countries at a series of meeting held in Phnom Penh from … Read more

Hanoi youth forum discusses problems facing Mekong countries

Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam More than 70 young people attended the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GAMS) Youth Forum in Hanoi Saturday to discuss problems plaguing the region, … Read more…

Tourism in Mekong Delta needs revamping

Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam Vietnam is now the second largest rice exporter in the world and the Mekong Delta is the center of rice production in the country. … Read more…

Naga fireballs event fails to impress eager crowds

Bangkok Post - Thailand From dusk till dawn, curious visitors descended en masse on the banks of the Mekong River as it snakes through the districts of Sangkhom, Tha Bo, … Read more…

Human Rights Watch; Burma: Army Attacks Displace Hundreds of Thousands

In mid-2007 in eastern Shan State, more than 500 villagers from areas along the Mekong River were forced to flee their homes by army abuses, including routine forced labor, beatings, sexual violence, and pillage by Burmese troops and … Read more…

FESTIVAL TIME

Bangkok Post - Thailand Among the well-known events are the Rub Bua merit-making festival in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district and boat racing on the Mekong river in Mukdahan … Read more…

Annual spectacle of exotic birds and lotus blossoms floods into An Giang

Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam by Thien Ly AN GIANG — During flood season, this southern province in the Mekong Delta is resplendent with a profusion of lotus flowers on its waterways and … Read more…

ITU, ADB initiate regional fiber optic links

People’s Daily Online - Beijing,China The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have initiated a joint program to help Mekong countries establish a … Read more…

Hill tribes rock Chiang Mai

Nation Multimedia - Bangkok,Thailand In Thailand and the Greater Mekong sub-region, there’s a disproportionately large number of highland folk in the sex trade, trafficked individuals, … Read more…

Second Port for Chiang Saen

A new port will be constructed in Chiang Saen district of Chiang Rai province in the North. The Thai Cabinet, during its meeting on October 16, approved the construction project, which will contribute greatly to Thailand’s logistics development. The project, which will be the second port in Chiang Saen, involves a budget of… Read more…