September 20, 2011
Land-locked neighbor reveals plans to start construction of controversial dam months before regional meeting decides on the issue A handout photo released by the US-based environmental group International Rivers shows construction on the Xayaburi dam’s access road and work-camps has gone ahead despite commitments by the government of Laos in April to temporarily suspend [...]
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July 16, 2011
Activists in the ongoing fight against Mekong dams worry that recent US opposition has come too little, too late. Cambodian fishermen cast their net into the Mekong River outside Phnom Penh in April. US senators have called for greater environmental safeguards for the Mekong River, but analysts remain doubtful that US influence is capable [...]
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April 24, 2011
Decision deferred on Xayaburi Dam, environmentalists say the project should be canceled People bathing in the Mekong River in Nong Khai Province in Thailand. Downstream riparian nations Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos have failed to reach an agreement on construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam unilaterally pursued by Laos. The Mekong River has gained [...]
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February 25, 2011
Farmer Virapan Tipsuna poses for a photograph in a dried-up irrigation canal in a rice field in Baan Nard village, Nongkhai province, Thailand in 2010. Thailand appears to be the region’s last hope in opposing an environmentally disastrous hydropower dam in northern Laos. Environmental activists are hoping that Thailand will put the breaks on Laos’ [...]
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October 27, 2009
Eximbank lists 876.2 million shares on HoSE; 10-month FDI disbursement estimates at 8 billion USD; VN seeks larger garment market share in Cambodia The Vietnam Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) officially listed more than 876.2 million shares, a record number, on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on Oct. 27. With the move, Eximbank became the [...]
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September 26, 2009
A 120kg turtle back to ocean; Vietnam leads in coping with natural disasters; AO victims need better care; US$500 million loan from ADB approved; Vietnam to ratify global treaty on illegal fishing A 120kg turtle back to ocean A sea turtle weighing over 120kg was released to the sea off Tuy Hoa City, central Phu [...]
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March 14, 2009
Vietnam and Laos will sign an Agreement on Goods Transit in order to create favourable conditions for the distribution of goods from the two nations to a third country, a government official announced. Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Vu Huy Hoang, told Lao Prime Minister Buasone Bouphavany in Vientiane on March 13 that the [...]
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February 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Malaysia-based Giant Group Ltd. has shown keen interest in developing huge infrastructure projects in the central province of Quang Tri, including a cross-border railway and a seaport, said a source from the transport ministry. The official, who asked not to be named, said the investor signed a memorandum with the provincial government on [...]
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