Mekong Institute (MI) gathers food safety stakeholders and regulatory officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) for the regional training program on Food Safety Emergency Management in the Supply Chain. The training program, which runs from September 2-13, 2019, is the eighth installment to a series of safe food courses organized this year …

READINESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY: PROSAFE TRAINING TACKLES FOOD SAFETY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Read More »

From expiry dates, additives and preservatives to ingredients and nutrition facts, let your product do the talking Mekong Institute (MI), with the generous support of the New Zealand Aid Programme, is organizing a regional training program on Packaging and Labeling of Processed Agri-food on August 12-16, 2019 at its residential training center in Khon Kaen, …

PROSAFE TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS AGRI-FOOD PACKAGING AND LABELING Read More »

Aug 6, 2019 (Bangkok, Thailand) – Experts from the six Mekong-Lancang countries gathered in Bangkok for the 2nd Regional Consultation held in conjunction with the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) funded project on Transboundary Cooperation Mechanism on Adaptation to Climate Change and Hydropower Development Projects. This event is the last of a series of activities planned under …

STRENGTHENING SYNERGIES FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN THE MEKONG-LANCANG Read More »

Twenty eight science journalists and media professionals from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) are currently in Mekong Institute for the Regional Media Training on Communicating Food Safety from July 29 to August 2.   Speaking at the opening remarks, Ms. Maria Theresa Medialdia, Director of the Agricultural Development and Commercialization Department, highlighted the important …

MEKONG MEDIA TAKE A CLOSER LOOK ON FOOD SAFETY Read More »

“With this new cooperation, Mekong Institute looks forward to being able to contribute more significantly and continuously towards sustainable development and poverty reduction in the region,” MI Executive Director Dr. Watcharas Leelawath said during the recently held signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (ISTI) of the Chinese …

MI INKS NEW COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE ACADEMY OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Read More »

Mekong Institute’s PROSAFE Project opens today the 10-day regional training program on Food Safety Risk Management and Traceability in the Supply Chain at MI’s Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The course is the fifth in a series of food safety training programs organized with the support of the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP).   …

PROSAFE PROJECT LAUNCHES NEW COURSE ON FOOD SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND TRACEABILITY Read More »

June 28, 2019 (Bangkok, Thailand) — Water resource experts and key stakeholders from relevant agencies in five countries join today’s 1st regional consultation as part of Mekong Institute’s project on Transboundary Cooperation Mechanism on Adaptation to Climate Change and Hydropower Development Projects, an initiative supported by the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Special Fund.   Organized in collaboration …

REGIONAL CONSULTATION SETS THE COURSE FOR STRONGER WATER COOPERATION AMONG MEKONG COUNTRIES Read More »

Mekong Institute brought together 21 local public health officials and restaurant operators from Yangon, Myanmar, for the Food Safety Learning Event on Food Hygiene Certification and Grading System for Food Businesses. Held on June 20, the half-day event sought to provide a platform for public and private sector representatives to discuss challenges and opportunities in …

MI LEADS TALKS TO IMPROVE FOOD HYGIENE CERTIFICATION IN YANGON Read More »

Mekong Institute, with the support of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, is organizing the Regional Training Program on Postharvest Management System in Fresh Horticultural Produce from September 16-27, 2019 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The two-week course seeks to introduce innovative postharvest handling technologies and highlight how …

MI OPENS APPLICATIONS TO POSTHARVEST TRAINING IN FRESH PRODUCE Read More »

In celebration of the first World Food Safety Day on June 7, Mekong Institute opened its Regional Training Program on Raising Public Awareness for Safe Food Consumption on June 3 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Twenty-eight participants representing national agencies and academic institutions from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam …

MI CELEBRATES WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY WITH CONSUMER AWARENESS TRAINING Read More »