The RLED-EWEC Project through the EWEC Vietnam Field Office takes on a new creative step to introduce more coffee farmers to the Project’s linkage models. The Project, in cooperation with the Quang Tri Radio and Television Broadcast Station (QRTV) and the Quang Tri Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), is bringing to the …

VIETNAM TV FEATURE ON EWEC PROJECT KICKS OFF WITH FIRST EPISODE ON QUADRIPARTITE MODEL Read More »

The RLED-EWEC project organized back-to-back multi-stakeholder consultation workshops in Lao PDR, Vietnam and Mekong Institute, Thailand this month. The workshops aimed to share the initial results of the in-depth study on cross-border trade facilitation of agricultural products and inputs in twin provinces of the East-West Economic Corridor, namely Savannakhet (Lao PDR) and Quang Tri (Vietnam), …

RLED-EWEC PROJECT HOLDS SERIES OF CONSULTATION WORKSHOPS ON CBTF STUDY Read More »

The East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) Project is a multi-country development project of the Government of Switzerland. Through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Project mandates Mekong Institute to implement activities to boost cross border trade and knowledge in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam along the East-West corridor.  Initiatives of EWEC recently …

LAO PDR’S RICE MILL INDUSTRY REACHES FIRST GMP MILESTONE Read More »

The Mekong Institute has successfully organized the workshop to introduce the upgraded East-West Economic Corridors (EWEC) Business Database and Business-to-Business E-platform (www.ewecbiz.com), and to promote e-commerce in the two bordering provinces – Quang Tri Province, Vietnam and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR on February 17, 2017 in Dong Ha city of Vietnam. The workshop is part …

EWEC DATABASE UPDATE AND E-COMMERCE PROMOTION WORKSHOP Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) successfully conducted the provincial consultation workshop on Enabling Regulatory Environment for Facilitating Cross-Border Trade (CBT) along the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) in Myawaddy township, Kayin State, Myanmar on December 26, 2016. The workshop was the third event in a series of consultations under the framework of the the Regional and Local Economic …

CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON ENABLING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR FACILITATING CROSS-BORDER TRADE (CBT) ALONG THE EWEC Read More »

The project Regional and Local Economic Development – East West Economic Corridor (RLED-EWEC) of Mekong Institute (MI) is facilitating a policy dialogue on cross-border trade facilitation between Quang Tri province of Vietnam and Savannakhet province of Lao PDR. The dialogue will take place in Sepon district, Savannakhet province on October 28, 2016. The dialogue is …

POLICY DIALOGUE ON CROSS-BORDER TRADE FACILITATION BETWEEN QUANG TRI PROVINCE OF VIETNAM AND SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE OF LAO PDR Read More »

Mekong Institute conducted the “Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Trade Facilitation of Agricultural Commodities on the EWEC” last Friday, April 8, 2016. The workshop was attended by around 20 representatives from seven provinces along the East West Economic Corridor (EWEC).  The event was a platform for sharing experiences and best practices in facilitating cross-border trade along …

REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON CROSS-BORDER TRADE FACILITATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ON THE EWEC Read More »