Mekong Institute (MI) organized the final Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of ASEAN Mekong Subregion (AMS)” on June 18, 2018. Serving as the last leg of the said project, results of the final project evaluation, as well as ideas for …

MI SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWO-YEAR PROJECT FUNDED BY JAIF Read More »

Ms. Saroeuth Morn of Khmer Golden Silk (KGS), one of the selected small and medium enterprise (SME) clusters in the MI-JAIF project, was shortlisted in the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Awards 2018-Social Entrepreneur category. Khmer Golden Silk is a family-run enterprise that is committed to preserving the art of Cambodian weaving and empowering …

SME CLUSTER GROUP IN MI-JAIF PROJECT SHORTLISTED FOR WOMEN OF THE FUTURE AWARDS SOUTHEAST ASIA Read More »

The training program on “Trade Events Promotion” capped off with a synthesis-evaluation workshop on November 28-29, 2017 at the MI Residential Training Center, Khon Kaen, Thailand.  The workshop is the last leg of the said training course delivered in June this year to 35 participants from trade promotion organizations, Chambers of Commerce and Industries and …

MI CONDUCTS SYNTHESIS-EVALUATION WORKSHOP FOR TRAINING ON TRADE EVENTS PROMOTION Read More »

The recently-concluded 2017 Investor Forum and Business Matching paves the way for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand (CMVT) to expand linkages and explore opportunities for expansion into broader regional and global markets. The Forum, held in Bangkok on November 13, 2017, convened 33 SMEs from the 18 provinces in …

INVESTOR FORUM OPENS PATHWAYS FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION OF CMVT SMES Read More »

The mid-term review of Mekong Institute’s (MI) two-year project, “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of ASEAN Mekong Sub-region (AMS),” identified established networks as a precious asset in the SEC.  This and other significant findings were presented in a Dissemination-Workshop organized by MI on November 13, 2017 …

RESEARCH AND MID-TERM REVIEW OF MI’S PROJECT IN SOUTHERN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR PUT SPOTLIGHT ON ROLE OF NETWORKS Read More »

Bangkok, Thailand, November 13, 2017 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Mekong countries and a host of foreign investors from Asia and beyond gather today at the Pullman Bangkok Grand Sukhumvit for the 2017 Investor Forum and Business Matching.  Organized by Mekong Institute (MI) in collaboration with Otagai Forum Association and supported by …

MEKONG INSTITUTE ADVANCES TRADE NETWORKING FOR CMTV SMES WITH 2017 INVESTOR FORUM AND BUSINESS MATCHING Read More »

Khon Kaen – Mekong Institute (MI) conducted a one-week regional training on “Trade Events Promotion” from June 12-16, 2017 at its residential training center, Khon Kaen, Thailand. The training program is part of the project on “Enhancing Competiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of ASEAN Mekong Subregion (AMS),” …

REGIONAL TRAINING ON TRADE EVENTS PROMOTION Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) successfully conducted a two-day Joint Synthesis and Evaluation (S&E) Workshop on “SME Cluster Development and Export Consortia Formation” and “Business Database Development in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC)” from June 8-9, 2017 at its Residential Training Center. The workshop is part of the ongoing project on “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized …

JOINT SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION (S&E) WORKSHOP ON “SME CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT CONSORTIA FORMATION” AND “BUSINESS DATABASE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHERN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (SEC)” Read More »