Thai News Agency MCOT - Bangkok,Thailand
LAO, July 28 (KPL) The National University of Laos and the Sub-Mekong Region countries held a meeting to exchange experiences on building a common software …

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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. …

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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, …

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VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
Hundreds of heads of cattle are being spirited into Viet Nam’s Mekong provinces of Long An, An Giang, and Dong Thap. This is because the summer-spring rice …

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are helping poor and ethnic minorities of Viet Nam develop skills that will boost their chances in the job market or enable them to launch small businesses. …

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By HANIM ADNAN

DUBBED the last frontier markets in Asia – Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar – hold positive long-term prospects in attracting more foreign direct investments (FDIs), but they will need to address the challenge of managing their economies well, especially during the current global economic slowdown. …

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by Song Hye Kyo | Asean Times

What may prove to be some of the most important decisions on the fate of Cambodia’s environment are being shaped not in Phnom Penh, but in Beijing. With China’s investment sphere of influence increasing each day in Cambodia, there seems to be no single government agency, no one in Washington, nor any independent environmental body casting a critical eye on dam construction in the upper reaches of the Mekong River flowing through China. Some observers charge that the Mekong River Commission (MRC) is abandoning its charter of cooperation and sustainable development along this great river system. Although China is now an important investor in and ally of Cambodia, it refuses to become an MRC member.

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EcoWorldly - San Francisco,USA
Putting this principle into practice means working closely with each of the countries that benefits from the Mekong River (China and Tibet, Myanmar, Laos, …

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WWF International - Gland, Switzerland
Wal-Mart sources wood for furniture from the Amazon, Russia, northern China, Indonesia and the Mekong region of south-east Asia. These areas include some of …

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Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The Khmer people in the Mekong Delta hold ghe ngo, or canoe races during the Ooc Om Bok Festival, an annual event to thank the Moon for a good harvest. …

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