Mekong Institute, with the support of the Republic of Korea through the Mekong-Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF), is organizing a modular training on “Green Freight and Logistics Management in Mekong Countries.” The one-week training program will be held from September 17 to 21, 2018 at Mekong Institute in KhonKaen, Thailand.   Part of a three-year project on …

MI OPENS APPLICATIONS TO GREEN FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS TRAINING PROGRAM Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) opens today the International Training on Green Freight and Logistics Development. The two-week training program is being held at the MI Residential Training Center until August 29, 2018 and will also involve a structured learning visit in Bangkok on August 30-31. The training program, which aims to promote awareness of the importance …

TWO-WEEK INTERNATIONAL TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN LOGISTICS SECTOR Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada) through the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is organizing a half day workshop on Canadian Market Access Requirements and Trade Opportunities in the following locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 27, 2018 at Sunway Hotel, Vientiane, Laos on August …

MI OPENS APPLICATIONS FOR WORKSHOP ON CANADIAN MARKET ACCESS REQUIREMENTS Read More »

Following the milestone signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in April on the cooperation of projects under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) initiative, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Thailand hosted an Inception Workshop on June 21, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop officially launched the LMC projects to be carried out …

MI HOSTS INCEPTION WORKSHOP WITH PARTNERS TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD OF LMC PROJECTS Read More »

The Mekong – Republic of Korea (ROK) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) was recently held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on May 25, 2018, participated in by representatives from Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. Mekong Institute, as fund manager of the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation …

MI JOINS MEKONG, REPUBLIC OF KOREA MEETING IN NAY PYI TAW Read More »

With support from the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), Ministry of Commerce, Thailand, MI organized the Regional Training Program on Sustainable Transport and Logistics Planning and Management Phase 2 on April 30-May 11, 2018.   A total of 61 participants including mid-level, senior and management-level officials, and transport and logistics operators from Cambodia, Lao PDR, …

MI DELIVERS PHASE II OF TRAINING PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Read More »

Four projects designed to accelerate cross-border trade and support the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the six countries of the Lancang-Mekong region, namely Cambodia, P.R. China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam were launched on April 18, 2018 in Bangkok, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the cooperation …

MI LAUNCHES NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SUPPORTING CROSS-BORDER TRADE GROWTH UNDER LANCANG-MEKONG COOPERATION INITIATIVE Read More »

Mekong Institute participated in a forum organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) on March 23, 2018 in Singapore. Trade and Investment Facilitation Director Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta joined the panel session on ‘Integration of ASEAN SMEs into Global Markets’ where he shared MI’s project initiatives to facilitate SME integration in regional and global …

MI-IDRC PROJECT PRESENTED AT IDRC CONFERENCE Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), an intergovernmental organization in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), is firming up its commitment to the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation initiative with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on April 18, 2018 at the Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand. The MoU makes MI the lead implementing …

MI TO INK MOU WITH MOC TO SOLIDIFY COOPERATION WORK UNDER MEKONG-LANCANG INITIATIVE Read More »