The Mekong River

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By Suthichai Yoon at The Nation… When I sat down last week with villagers from the three districts seriously affected by the August floods - Chiang Saen, Chiang Kong and Wiang Kaen in Chiang Rai province - there was little hesitation from them in pointing accusing fingers at China. A village headman told me: “This [...]

VietNam News reports on the plight of potters in the Delta… They are in Vinh Long Town and Mang Thit and Long Ho districts along the Co Chien River. “No kiln in the province has received an order this year,” said Tran Van Sau, deputy chairman of the association. While some kilns are trying to [...]

Mekong River Commission Improving river transport infrastructure will boost trade, cut transport costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions says the government and Mekong River Commission (MRC), as a programme to improve river navigation between Phnom Penh and Kampong Cham started last week. “Improving the safety of navigation on this river is vital for the economic [...]

VietNamNet Bridge 27/05/2009 China’s construction of big hydro-power dams on the Mekong River will be a great threat to the future of the river, a significant water source for Southeast Asia, a United Nations report said. Senior experts analysed the impacts on Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta. Ky Quang Vinh, director of the HCM City-based Centre [...]

Well this one caught my eye… The Mekong River Commission Secretariat invites sealed bids from eligible bidders to submit a proposal for Landscaping and conversion of MRC swimming pool area. The proposals shall be submitted in one sealed envelop clearly marked “Proposal: Landscaping and conversion of MRC swimming pool area; RFP No. 09 – 120 [...]

From RedOrbit… A U.N. report said Thursday that a dam-building spree in China poses the greatest threat to the future of the already beleaguered Mekong, one of the world’s major rivers and a key source of water for the region, The Associated Press reported. Eight dams are being constructed on the upper half of the [...]

[youtube width="598" height="486"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8OqxjVJ8j4[/youtube] Because we love Dengue Fever on The Mekong…

Update 2 By Daniel Ten Kate and Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen for BLOOMBERG “The world has a view that we are closed, but actually we are open,” Boualith Khounsy, a director at the Laos Ministry of Finance’s fiscal policy department, said in an interview in Bangkok. “We have to find a way to mobilize funds [...]

Down in The Delta, Viet Nam News reports that farmers are being ripped off by unscrupulous seed merchants with low quality, low yield varieties of rice as they struggle to find good sources of quality rice seed… Nguyen Cao Huynh, owner of Huynh Huong rice seeds agency who uncovered the shop’s fraud, said relevant authorities [...]