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Spotlight: Lancang-Mekong cooperation a bid to build community of shared future
The second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) forum leaders’s meeting will kick off in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, with the aim of building a community of shared future of peace and prosperity.Keep reading ...
Yang Yi
VN Prime Minister to attend 2nd Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Summit
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the second Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit, to be held on January 10 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Prayut set for vital Mekong region summit
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha next Wednesday will attend the 2nd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Summit in Phnom Penh, where it is expected leaders will approve a five-year action plan. Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Mekong River anti-narcotics drive affirmed
The Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) will continue to work closely with narcotics suppression units of five countries along the Mekong River under the “Safe Mekong” project to fight illicit drugs threat in the sub-region. Keep reading ...
DUMRONGKIAT MALA
Thailand, Myanmar and Laos to jointly solve smoke haze
Thailand, Myanmar and Laos will launch their joint efforts to contain smoke haze later this month, the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Lt Gen Wichak Siribansop, chief of the 3rd army, said the 3rd Army Corps would represent Thailand in the joint efforts with the neighbouring ...
Bernama Reporter
Against the current on the Mekong
A series of summit meetings are planned this year on the future development of the Mekong River basin, and Thailand needs to start playing a more active role. The nations along the river have to agree on a clear, unified strategy if this valuable resource ...
The Nation Reporter
Cabinet to discuss Mekong River agreements
Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed two documents for Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to jointly approve when he attends the second summit of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group (LMC) in Phnom Penh next Wednesday.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Is Mekong River set to become the new South China Sea for regional disputes?
The Beijing-led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism was set up to help ease tensions over development projects, but environmental groups are yet to be convinced.Foreign ministers from the six countries through which the Mekong flows met in southwestern China last month to approve a draft of a ...
Catherine Wong
Chinese premier set to visit kingdom
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to arrive in Cambodia next week for the 2nd Mekong-Lancang summit and an official state visit. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said that Mr Keqiang will join the Mekong-Lancang summit on January 10 and pay an official visit the ...
Cheang Sokha
Multiple Mekong forums risk igniting rivalry
Leaders from six riparian states along the Mekong River will be busy this year as meetings on many cooperation schemes in the region are scheduled in a situaton that observers have said is overlapping.Keep reading ...
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE
