Feb 28 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, communications, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
By Rosalia Sciortino BANGKOK, Jan 25 - In envisioning an integrated Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), the governments of the six riparian countries and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) regard the “connecting of nations” as contributing to the “linking of people” and vice-versa. … Read more…
Tags: asian community, community, knowledge management, linking people
Feb 28 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam Almost 300,000 people visited Can Tho in the opening week of the 2008 Mekong-Can Tho National Tourism Year that began last Thursday. … Read more…
Feb 28 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam CUU LONG DELTA - The Vam Co Dong and Tien rivers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have become heavily polluted because of untreated waste discharged directly … Read more…
Feb 28 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam The bird flu epidemic has recurred in Mekong Delta’s Vinh Long Province, making it the eighth province in the nation still plagued with the influenza virus, … Read more…
Feb 27 2008 in climate change, fish, food, health by Paul
JOHANNESBURG, 26 February 2008 (IRIN) - Climate change is emerging as the latest threat to the world’s fast declining fish stocks, which could affect millions of people who depend on the oceans for food and income, says a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, In Dead Water, says climate change [...]
Tags: climate change, fish, fish stocks
Feb 27 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, China, Laos, Thailand by Paul
Bangkok Post - Thailand Chiang Rai - Burmese authorities have launched a hunt for an unidentified armed group which attacked a Chinese patrol boat on the Mekong river, … Read more…
Feb 27 2008 in China, Thailand by Paul
Bangkok Post - Thailand Chinese dams built on the Mekong river upstream could become obstacles to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s plan to divert water from the river to feed … Read more…
Feb 26 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam Agricultural agencies report that brown planthoppers have attacked over 100,000 hectares of paddy in the Mekong Delta region, threatening the season’s rice … Those pesky plant hoppers are at it again. Read more…
Feb 26 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam Nearly 300 boatmen from eight teams partook in the Can Tho Open Dragon Boat Race Sunday, as part of the opening events ushering in the 2008 Can Tho National … Read more…
Feb 26 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, China, Laos, Thailand by Paul
Bangkok Post - Thailand Chiang Rai - An unidentified armed group attacked a Chinese patrol boat on the Mekong river yesterday morning, injuring three Chinese police officers. … Read more…