Tag: Mekong River
Shan drug kingpin suspect may not be extradited to Thailand
BANGKOK, April 29 – Jai Norkham, a suspected ethnic Shan drug kingpin with alleged involvement in the killing of 13 Chinese shipping crewmen last year [Read More…]
WHO raises alarm on resistance to malaria drug
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on nations in the Mekong region to take urgent action to combat growing resistance to artemisinin – the [Read More…]
Bird flu kills teenager in Vietnam, child in Cambodia
Hanoi – An 18-year-old in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta became the first person to die of bird flu in more than a year, authorities said Thursday. [Read More…]
Thai authorities seize 800 dogs destined for Indochina meat trade
The 800 dogs will be taken to a shelter where they will be monitored for possible communicable diseases for a period before being sent to various dog shelters
Thais at risk as bird flu breaks out in Vietnam
The situation in Thailand is being closely monitored after a report confirmed an H5N1 outbreak in Vietnam and the subsequent culling of 2,500 chicken in [Read More…]
Thai PM Yingluck pushes for GMS economic cooperation
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has proposed that the Mekong Subregion countries expand their economic cooperation, saying that economic development in the region could contribute [Read More…]
Burmese soldiers killed on Mekong
CHIANG RAI: Three Burmese soldiers were killed during a clash with an armed group of criminals on the Mekong River during an international joint river [Read More…]
Mekong police patrol deployed
Chinese unit joins multinational force to safeguard cargo shipping XISHUANGBANNA, Yunnan – The Chinese detachment of a four-nation armed Mekong River patrol was deployed on [Read More…]
