ASEAN has recently announced an agreement on agreed on a framework to liberalize the banking industry in the region. The agreement is called the ASEAN Banking...
CHIANG RAI – The Development of the Xayaburi Dam and Don Sahong Dam on the Lower Mekong River in Laos is proceeding with potentially devastating impacts...
CHIANG RAI – Dr. Anond Snidvongs, Executive Director of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency has warned Thai Authorities that the haze in Northern...
BANGKOK – As of January 2014, construction of sections of the Kunming–Singapore Railway connecting China with Vietnam, China with Myanmar and Laos with Vietnam are...
SONGKHLA – Immigration Police in Southern Thailand have arrested a Vietnamese woman and her Thai accomplice who were allegedly members of a counterfeit-visa ring. Songkhla...
. CHIANG RAI – Future economic impacts of climate change in the Lower Mekong River Basin, are likely to be wide-ranging and could top US$34 billion...
. CHIANG SAEN -More than a Dozen stranded Chinese Cargo barges wallow by the parched banks of the Mekong River in Chiang Saen Chiang rai, Chinese...
PATHEIN – Forestry Officials in Myanmar have reportedly captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwady Region, an official said...
CHIANG RAI – What is happening to the Mekong River, one of the Greatest Rivers in the World? With hundreds of its own endemic fish...
. LOP BURI – Cobra Gold 2015 has held it’s closing ceremonies, with Thailand’s Defence Forces Chief Gen Worapong Sanganetra saying he was satisfied with the...
. CHIANG MAI – Thailand’s Army Black Rangers have made the biggest seizure of live pangolins in Chiang Mai, seizing 150 pangolins being smuggled from Myanmar to...
BANGKOK -The United States Department of State says it is deeply troubled by the Thai junta’s detention of Ruengkrai Leekitwattana after he was reportedly held over...
PAKSE – The Friends of the Lower Mekong Initiative, a donor coordination group, came together with the countries of the Lower Mekong to discuss the...
KATHMANDU – Thirteen countries which are home to the world’s dwindling population of wild tigers on Friday (Feb 6) agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing network...
CHIANG RAI – The rich Mekong River is home to vast natural resources and provides food to secure the livelihoods of millions of people. Since...
CHIANG RAI – Industry Minister Chakramon Phasukvanich has reported that Thailand will continue with its special economic zone (SEZ) plan to promote the northern city of...
CHIANG RAI – The Tourism of Thailand office in Chiang Rai is working with local tourism operators to promote a travel route from Chiang Rai...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military backed Government is worried that impeachment proceedings against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could spark a backlash that threatens to unravel...
BANGKOK – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will host the 7th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Regional Working Group (RWG) Meeting on 29-30 January 2015 at...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military backed Government may look to procure two or three submarines as part of an increased 2016 defense budget, finally giving the...