To increase their understanding of tourism development and cultures in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), students from Khon Kaen University International College (KKUIC), led by Ms. Chonlada Pharino, a lecturer in Tourism Management Program, visited Mekong Institute (MI) on January 7th, 2014.  Mekong Institute (MI) contributes to the GMS human resource development through training, learning, …

GRASPING GMS AS TOURIST DESTINATION: KKUIC LEARNING FROM MI GMS TOURISM AND CULTURES Read More »

Professor Daniel J. Mitterhoff, President of Lancang-Mekong Graduate College of Law Project, which is a part of China-Mekong Law Center in Maryland, United States, interested in forming a Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) law school in Yunnan Province, Southern part of China. He visited the Mekong Institute (MI) on December 20, 2013 to explore an opportunity …

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Led by Mr. Rattanatay Luanglatbandith, Regional Cooperation Economist of ADB in Thailand, and Mrs. Olivia Sylvia O. Inciong, External Relations Officer for Asia Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines, a delegation comprising of fourteen journalists from different news agencies and television stations in Laos and Thailand, as well as communication officers of ADB in these …

THE VISIT OF ADB – GMS PRESS TOUR: FROM FARM TO MARKET Read More »

At the end of each year, the Mekong Institute (MI) holds its second round of Governing Board Meetings in one of six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries. This year, the meetings, which include Steering Committee and Council Meetings, were held on December 9-10 respectively at a beautiful location by the Mekong River in Pakse (Champasack …

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The Young GMS Professional Program (YGMS) program is a six-month structured learning program based at MI headquarter in Khon Kaen, Thailand, which is opened to GMS young professionals interesting in and involving with regional development. The program emphasizes the development of the region’s human resources in both the private and public sectors.  A series of …

IN-HOUSE SUBREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR FOR YGMS Read More »

To help Mekong Institute raise awareness of how the training courses can be beneficial to its alumni, it launched the Alumni Writing Contest to provide MI’s valued alumni an opportunity to share their results/outcomes of their training courses in their work and everyday lives.  MI invited its alumni to write an essay in a category …

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