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MRC agrees hydro pact
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/11/2021
» The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council has agreed on a strategy for joint hydroelectric power development to reduce environmental impacts on member countries.
Govt urged to jab migrant workers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/11/2021
» Academics are urging the government to do more to vaccinate migrant workers in the country to avoid a possible outbreak.
Thais tested for 'Indian strain'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/05/2021
» Health officials are urgently trying to establish whether a group of Thais who recently returned home from India and tested positive for Covid-19 have contracted the new and highly dangerous variant of the virus currently sweeping through that country.
Questions over Chinese vaccine
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health has requested further information about the vaccine it has ordered from China following a report it might not be as effective as first thought.
Thai govt threatens to veto new Lao dam
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2020
» LOEI: Thai authorities are not happy with the potential environmental impact of the planned Sanakham hydroelectric dam in Laos and have hinted they may exercise a section of the Mekong River Agreement to halt the scheme, according to Somkiat Prajamwong, secretary-general of the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR).
Prawit sets out river stance
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/11/2020
» Thailand says it supports sustainable development along the Mekong River with fewer boundary impacts to make sure that no one is left behind and all should gain equal benefits from the international river's natural resources, says Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon who delivered the statement during a meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council.
Govt warns over Lao dam plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/11/2020
» The government threatened on Tuesday not to buy electricity from Sanakham dam in Laos after it learned the project might affect the Mekong River.
Khon Kaen Uni to pilot new online English platform
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2020
» Students at Khon Kaen University's Faculty of Education will be the first group of learners to try a new hybrid online platform aimed at improving their grasp of the English language in the upcoming semester.
Ban moot without diet shift
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2020
» China's recent efforts to protect one of the world's most poached animals from the brink of extinction -- pangolins -- by removing it from the list of traditional Chinese medicines have been welcomed, but wildlife advocates say that trading will continue in illegal wildlife markers if eating behaviours remain unchanged.
Sanakam dam anger grows
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2020
» A conservation group has called for the scrapping of the Sanakam dam which is being built in Laos on the Mekong River two kilometres from Nan province.