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Laos Communist Party holds leadership congress amid economic pain
Reuters, Published on 13/01/2021
» Laos started a five-yearly congress of its long-ruling Communist Party on Wednesday to decide on the country's leadership and agree on a new economic strategy, as it faces challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and a potential debt default.
Rapist-murderer of girl, 6, sentenced to death in Myanmar's Shan State
Reuters, Published on 23/12/2020
» Leaders of a minority ethnic group that unofficially controls a swathe of eastern Myanmar has sentenced a man to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.
Chinese dams under US scrutiny in Mekong rivalry
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2020
» A US-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was announced on Monday, adding to the superpowers' rivalry in Southeast Asia.
13 killed, dozens missing as typhoon lashes Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 29/10/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon Molave, one of the strongest typhoons in the region in decades, the government said.
China pledges Mekong River data-sharing
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2020
» China's prime minister pledged on Monday to share more water management data from its portion of the Mekong River with its neighbours in Southeast Asia after US criticism that it was "hoarding" water and hurting livelihoods downstream.
Laos praised for quick virus response
Reuters, Published on 18/06/2020
» International health organisations on Thursday praised Laos' early response and countrywide networks for containing the novel coronavirus after the Southeast Asian nation declared itself free of the virus earlier this month.
Mekong river groups urge China to show transparency after dam report
Reuters, Published on 15/04/2020
» Groups working to protect the Mekong River have called for greater transparency and cooperation from China after a report that Chinese dams held back water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year.
Study finds Chinese dams held back Mekong waters
Reuters, Published on 13/04/2020
» China's Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels upstream, a US research company said in a study.
China scrambles to plug border gaps
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2020
» BEIJING/SINGAPORE: Regions along China's porous borders with southeast Asia are working hard to improve surveillance and curb illegal immigration, authorities said, as thousands flood into a country seen as a safe haven in the global war against the coronavirus pandemic.
Vietnam quarantines tens of thousands in camps
Reuters, Published on 26/03/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam has sent tens of thousands of people to quarantine camps as waves of overseas citizens return home to escape a coronavirus pandemic spreading in Europe and the United States.