Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
Xinhua - China Addressing the Third Summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion, Wen said that China will develop itself through upholding peace and promote peace with its own … Read article… Xinhua Net News website in English
Tags: China, peace, social justice
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
(31 March 2008) - People’s Republic of China Premier Wen Jiabao, Lao People‚s Democratic Republic Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Thailand Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda officially opened the Route 3 highway in Lao PDR today, the last remaining stretch of road in an overland route joining Singapore and Beijing. [...]
Tags: economy, GMS, Greater Mekong Subregion, infrastructure
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
VIENTIANE (AFP) — Mekong region premiers meeting in Laos on Monday pledged to boost road, rail and power links between their six countries, saying closer … Read article…
Tags: economy, investment, mass transit, transit
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
Bangkok Post - Thailand Over the past decade most nations sharing the Mekong river have enjoyed a period of unprecedented growth and plummeting poverty rates. … Read article… The Bangkok Post website
Tags: climate change, global warming, the mekong delta, water
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
China Daily - China The Mekong River flows through six nations, including China. Its basin covers 2.56 million sq km with a population of 320 million. … Read article… The China Daily website
Tags: economy, GMS, Greater Mekong Subregion
Mar 31 2008 in Cambodia by Paul
A Cambodian-born US journalist whose enslavement and escape from the Khmer Rouge became the subject of the famous film, The Killing Fields, has died. Read article… BBC News portal
Tags: Dith Pran, khmer rouge, killing fields, obituary
Mar 31 2008 in Cambodia, Water Music by Paul
By Ed Fladung There’s a new film about their pilgrimage to Cambodia Sleepwalking Through The Mekong and the trailer goes into their influences and how they’ve arrived at such an original sound. The odyssey is a homecoming for singer Chhom Nimol and a … Read article…
Tags: Dengue Fever, film, film review
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
Xinhua - China VIENTIANE, March 30 (Xinhua) — Representatives from the business community of the six countries sharing the Mekong River here on Sunday held discussions on … Read article… Xinhua Net News website in English
Tags: economy, GMS, Greater Mekong Subregion, investment, private sector, trade
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
International Herald Tribune - France The Chinese government is paying half the cost of a bridge over the Mekong River between Laos and Thailand, due for completion in 2011. … Read article… International Herald Tribune website
Tags: economy, GMS, Greater Mekong Subregion, infrastructure
Mar 31 2008 in Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam by Paul
Xinhua - China The GMS, also known as the Lancang-Mekong sub-region, covers Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and is considered a key route connecting … Read background article… Xinhua Net News website in English
Tags: GMS, Greater Mekong Subregion, lancang-mekong sub-region