Mekong Institute (MI), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Lao PDR and the Commercial Agricultural and Tree Planting Association, brought together over 40 representatives from the agri-food private sector, trade and food safety agencies, and international organizations to pool recommendations on ways forward to enhance the competitiveness of the agri-food industry  against a COVID-19 landscape …

LAO PDR TO BUILD BACK BETTER AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with SMEs Development Support Center 2, conducted a food safety training for 30 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on “Packaging and Labeling for Processed Agri-Food” on October 29 and 30, 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to help SMEs be more competitive in local and regional markets.  “Appropriate food …

BROADENING FOOD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL AGRI-FOOD SMES Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) and the SMEs Development Support Center 2 (Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, Ministry of Science and Technology) convened 30 government officials and small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) representatives to consolidate best practices that will strengthen resiliency of the agri-food sector at the Food Safety Forum on “Challenges and Coping Strategies for …

VIETNAM GOVERNMENT AND AGRI-FOOD SMES POOL EFFORTS FOR RECOVERY Read More »

As part of the global celebration of the World Food Day, Mekong Institute (MI) opened its regional training program on “Managing Food Safety Along the Food Supply Chain” at the MI Headquarters in Khon Kaen, Thailand on October 19, 2020. Organized under the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded project on Promoting Safe Food for Everyone (PROSAFE), …

MEKONG SCHOLARS ATTEND MI TRAINING ON MANAGING FOOD SAFETY Read More »

In support of World Food Day, Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, MI Executive Director, called for deeper multi-country cooperation, broader public-private partnerships, and a more integrated policy framework to advance agricultural development in the Mekong region at the webinar hosted by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation and Pakistan Basmati Heritage Foundation on October 16, 2020.   “Sustainable agricultural development can …

CO-BENEFITS AND COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with Cambodia’s Consumer Protection, Competition, and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF) and Cambodian Food Manufacturers Association (CFMA) organized the Food Safety Forum on Challenges and Coping Strategies for Food Enterprises in the Time of COVID-19 at Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh on September 22, 2020. The current pandemic has resulted to …

CAMBODIA FOOD SMES DISCUSS IMPACT OF COVID-19 Read More »

Mekong Institute will organize the Regional Training Program on Managing Food Safety Along the Food Supply Chain from October 19 to 23, 2020 in Khon Kaen, Thailand. This safe food course targets to bring together postgraduate degree students from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) currently studying in Thailand to attend a five-day program …

CALL FOR APPLICATION: REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON MANAGING FOOD SAFETY ALONG THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN Read More »

Bangkok, Thailand (14h00 BKK time), 31 August 2020 – The public sector should consider new and alternative financing tools and technologies to support water infrastructure development in the Mekong region, according to a new report jointly released by the OECD Development Centre, Asian Development Bank Institute and Mekong Institute today.   The report, Innovation for Water …

INNOVATION NEEDED TO IMPROVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE MEKONG Read More »

“This training will optimize the quality and safety of our fruits and vegetables. Thus, increasing our competitiveness in the local, regional, and international markets.”   This was the statement of Taing Koungveng, Quality Assurance Officer from the Plant Protection, Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Department of the General Directorate of Agriculture in Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and …

MI STRENGTHENS CLMV FOOD SAFETY CULTURE Read More »

Twenty-four participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam are in Mekong Institute this week for the Regional Training Program on Food Safety Risk Communication. This five-day safe food course is the first in a series of training programs this year under the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded PROSAFE Project: Promoting Safe Food for Everyone.   In …

MI KICKS OFF PROSAFE 2020 WITH RISK COMMUNICATION TRAINING Read More »