Since October 2013, nine young professionals from Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have been involved in the Mekong Institute (MI) in order to gain educational and hands-on experiences within the MI’s Young Greater Mekong Sub-region (YGMS) Professional Program. It is a six-month structured and experiential learning program aimed at developing the region’s human resources …

YGMS PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM COMPLETED WITH GREAT SUCCESS Read More »

With the funding from the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) and in collaboration with Department of Transport of Yunnan Province, the Mekong Institute is implementing a project on the “The Compilation of the Atlas of Geographic Names on the Channel of the Lancang-Mekong River”. This project includes consultation meetings for experts, a six day …

THE COMPILATION OF THE ATLAS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES ON THE CHANNEL OF THE LANCANG-MEKONG RIVER PROJECT Read More »

The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), Stockholm with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is implementing a project on “Trade promotion through standardisation in the South and South East Asia regions (SESA)”. The project is ongoing in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the South Asia and Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia …

MI SIGNED MOU WITH SWEDISH STANDARDS INSTITUTE, SIS– JANUARY 27, 2014 Read More »

Mekong Institute has signed a MoU with the Sasin Japan Center (SJC) of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University to have a long term cooperation on January 27, 2014 in Bangkok. Dr. Jean-Pierre A. Verbiest, Acting Director of MI and Dr. Takamasa Fujioka, Head, Management Studies of Sasin Japan Center of Sasin …

MI SIGNED MOU WITH SASIN JAPAN CENTER OF SASIN GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY – JANUARY 27, 2014 Read More »

Due to small-scale operations, most of the SMEs in Cambodia, Lao P.D.R., Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) undertake “niche” marketing by selling to a small, well-defined section of the market. Thus, market entry is one of the weakest areas wherein SMEs face major problems to international market. SMEs could be efficient exporters if given ample support …

MEKONG INSTITUTE AND SASIN JAPAN CENTER (SJC), BANGKOK HOLD SME CLUSTER PROMOTION AND INVESTOR FORUM Read More »

Victoria University received funding from the New Zealand Government through Education New Zealand to facilitate a 7-week summer Study Abroad programme to Southeast Asia. Under the course, “Understanding Southeast Asia,” 25 students joined the programme. Their aim was to gain an overview of Southeast Asia, particularly about the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its …

NEW ZEALAND’S BRIGHT AND YOUNG MINDS VISITED MEKONG INSTITUTE EXTENDING MI’S REACH TO VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, NEW ZEALAND Read More »