Press Release from NamTheun2.com Thakhek, Lao PDR 29 October 2008 - Around 400 stakeholders of the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectricity Project (NT2) met here in Khammouane province to discuss progress on environmental, social and construction aspects of this integrated development programme. Acting Minister for Mines and Energy HE Mr Somboun Rasasombath opened the Third Stakeholder [...]
BANGKOK (AFP) — As deforestation and a loss of natural prey threatens Siamese crocodiles with extinction, the farms that once helped endanger the species are now helping save it, conservationists say. There are fewer than 50 Siamese crocodiles left in the wild in Thailand and about 200 in the entire Mekong river region, but thousands [...]
VietNamNet Bridge | 29/10/2008 Vietnam raked in 13.6 billion USD from the export of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first ten months of this year, up 25.7 percent over the same period in 2007. According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), aquatic products, rice, wood and wooden furniture, coffee and [...]
Radio Australia - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The UN says 1.7 million people living along the Mekong River are at risk of arsenic poisoning from their drinking water supplies. The risk assessment is part of ongoing efforts to survey wells and other water sources in Southeast Asia. … Listen to the interview or read the transcript [...]
A leather company from Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta has joined a growing list of companies caught dumping dangerous untreated waste into Vietnam’s waterways. Environment police on Sunday found the Tay Do Leather Joint-Stock Company, which has been in operation for 19 years, was pumping untreated liquid and solid waste into the Hau [...]
Viet Nam News | 28-10-2008 HA NOI — Experts from six Mekong River nations yesterday agreed that preserving forests was one of the most effective measures to fight the impacts of global climate change. The representatives from Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Laos and Myanmar discussed ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and [...]
Viet Nam News | 27-10-2008 AN GIANG — The price of tra and basa catfish fell by VND900,000 (US$56) per tonne this week, due to the global recession, according to the Industry and Trade Department of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang. Currently the price of catfish in An Giang and Can [...]
A big room is packed with hundreds of workers. Though the air-conditioner system was working at full blast the foul smell and sultry atmosphere inside is unbearable. An unexpected blackout occurs. Workers stop working for a while to have a drink. Many others opt to go outside to get away from the sizzling atmosphere inside. [...]
Viet Nam News | 22-10-2008 HCM CITY — The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has huge economic potential but failure to protect its environment from pollution could result in severe consequences, an expert has warned. The region is one of the country’s economic hubs, accounting for 92 per cent of all rice exports and 53 per [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Boeing Company on Monday celebrated the completion of two schools in the Mekong delta province of An Giang and will hold handover ceremonies for two other rural primary schools in the central provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh on October 27. Boeing’s US$300,000 rural school construction project in Viet Nam [...]