Jul 31 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam The peak time for the disease in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s province began in June and the situation continues to worsen. Deputy head of the department’s … Read article… Vietnam News website
Tags: Dengue Fever, malaria, mekong delta, public health
Jul 30 2008 in China, Thailand by Paul
KUNMING , China, July 29 (UPI) — China and Thailand have agreed to partner on renewable energy. The two countries, both facing huge growth in energy demand, will work together to develop sustainable energy sources and address global climate change, Asian news agency SinoCast reported. … Read article… It’s free to sign up to this [...]
Tags: biomass energy sources, China, hydro, renewable energy, solar, Thailand, wind
Jul 30 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Reporters without borders - France Reporters Without Borders condemns the five-year prison sentence that a court in Kien Giang province in the southern Mekong delta imposed on freelance … Read article… Visit Reporters Without Borders Online
Tags: corruption, journalists arrested, mekong delta, reporters without borders, seizure of land from peasants, Truong Minh Duc
Jul 30 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam The Government leader gave the instruction at a working session with the municipal leadership on July 28, part of his Mekong Delta inspection tour. … Read article… Vietnam News website
Tags: economic hub, industrial hub, mekong delta, stimulus package
Jul 28 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam DONG THAP — The Mekong province of Dong Thap is the seedbed of brownhoppers, the insect that causes the ragged and stunted plant disease in rice, … Read article… Vietnam News website
Tags: brownhoppers, insect infestation, mekong delta, rice, stunted plant disease
Jul 26 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam Vietnamese catfish are known worldwide but are now filling up the small ponds in the Mekong delta because they are growing day by day without anywhere to go … Read article… VietNamNet Bridge News website
Tags: catfish, fish farmer, mekong delta, over production
Jul 26 2008 in Laos by Paul
By Gayle Keck | Washington Post - United States It’s one of those clues that tell you this Mekong River town in northern Laos is an outpost. The atmosphere is part “Star Wars” bar, part “Casablanca. … Read article… Visit The Washington Post Online
Tags: elephant rides, luang prabang, travel
Jul 26 2008 in Cambodia, mekong ecoregion, The Mekong River by Paul
26-JUL-2008 Intellasia | Bloomberg Cambodia plans to open its first stock exchange and start a corporate bond market in the fourth quarter of 2009 in a bid to attract foreign funds to Southeast Asia’s second-poorest nation, a government official said. … Read article… Visit IntellAsia News Online
Tags: corporate bond, finance, new markets, stock market
Jul 26 2008 in Cambodia, China, Laos, Vietnam by Paul
William Pentland | Forbes - NY,USA Consider moving your plant to Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, roughly two hours outside of Ho Chi Minh City. It’s not a particularly convenient place to access, … Read article… Visit Forbes Online
Tags: dam, damming the mekong, energy, hydropwer, mekong delta
Jul 25 2008 in accident, China, communications, conservation, energy, erosion, Governance by Paul
July 11, 2008 A group of some 40 leading Chinese academics and environmental activists is pressing home questions about the safety of high dams and big reservoirs in unstable areas of south west China. … Read article… Visit Probe International Online
Tags: China, damming, environment, water