We’re Turning 30 Next Year! As MI marks three decades of advancing cooperation, innovation, and sustainable development across the GMS, we invite YOU to celebrate with us through creativity! Join the MI 30th Anniversary Logo Design Competition!  Design a commemorative logo that reflects our anniversary theme:“People, Partnership, and Progress: Celebrating 30 Years in Service to …

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Marking the 10th anniversary of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) in 2025, the Lancang-Mekong Countries Science and Technology Innovation Competition aims to strengthen regional collaboration in science, technology, and innovation. Co-hosted by the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province and the Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province, the competition provides …

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Hainan, China, October 9–11, 2025 – The Mekong Institute (MI), through the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (LMCSF) Project, led a high-level Thai delegation to the 11th World Free Zones Organization (FZO) World Congress in Hainan, China. The mission included a series of site visits, learning exchanges, and meetings with government officials, business organizations, and Special …

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Khon Kaen, Thailand, October 6, 2025 — The Mekong Institute (MI), with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), successfully concluded a five-day Regional Training on Climate-Smart Agriculture for Sustainable and Safe Crop Production (October 6-10, 2025), at its Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The program brought together 28 …

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Hanoi, Viet Nam — From October 7 to 9, 2025, around 80 policymakers, technical experts, farmers, and development partners from across the Asia-Pacific gathered in Hanoi for the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Scaling Climate Solutions in Agrifood Systems: Climate-Smart Technologies, Carbon Market Pathways, and COP30 Preparation.  Jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of …

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Khon Kaen, Thailand, October 7, 2025 — The Mekong Institute (MI) welcomed Ms. Dana Avram, Council Member representing the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and First Secretary (Development) at the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok. Ms. Avram was received by Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, MI Executive Director. The courtesy visit reaffirmed the …

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New Delhi, India – October 4, 2025 – Mr. Madhurjya K. Dutta, Director of the Trade and Investment Facilitation Department at the Mekong Institute (MI), visited the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a policy think tank under the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. During the meeting chaired by Prof. Sachin …

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Mekong Institute (MI), with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), concluded the 5-day Regional Training on Communicating Climate Action for Safer Food on October 3, 2025, at MI’s Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand.  The program brought together 27 officials, communicators, and researchers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and …

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Manila, Philippines, October 1, 2025 – With global temperatures at risk of breaching the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold within the next five years, the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) has mapped out a Five-Year Program Framework (2026–2030) to strengthen climate resilience in agriculture and food systems across ASEAN. The framework was presented to over 50 delegates representing ASEAN …

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Khon Kaen, October 1, 2025 — Mekong Institute (MI) was honored to welcome H.E. Mark Gooding OBE, British Ambassador to Thailand, during his visit to Khon Kaen. Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Director of Trade and Investment Facilitation, received the Ambassador and provided an overview of MI’s mission, as well as its forthcoming Five-Year Strategic Plan (2026–2030). …

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