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Flood and drought remain key challenges for Mekong region: Report
Extreme low flows and extensive flooding of different communities along the Mekong River last year and an increasing number of droughts that have occurred in many parts of the region in recent years
Renewable energy high priority for Mekong region: scientists
VietNamNet Bridge – Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam must work closer together to make the shift to using more renewable energy.
Environmental plan for Mekong region discussed
VietNamNet Bridge – Policy-makers discussed final details of a 2015 environmental work plan for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) to Viet Nam at a workshop in Ha Noi yesterday, Aug 19.
PM Dung attends Mekong – Japan Summit
VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined his Japanese, Cambodian and Lao counterparts, the President of Myanmar and the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand at the Mekong – Japan Summit in Tokyo on December 14.
Vietnam to join UN watercourse convention
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should participate in the 1997 UN Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Use of International Watercourses, said experts.
Species emerge in Mekong region, but battle to survive
A new bat named after its devilish appearance, a "walking" catfish, and a frog that sings like a bird are among the 36 species newly identified by scientists in Viet Nam, and among 126 species in the Greater Mekong region in 2011.
