May 9, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam – Dr. Watcharas Leelawath, Executive Director of Mekong Institute, met with Mr. Nguyen Quan Chinh, Vice Chairperson of Quang Tri Provincial People’s Committee, to discuss continued cooperation on cross-border trade facilitation (CBTF) under MI’s Regional and Local Economic Development – East West Economic Corridor (RLED-EWEC) Project. Banking on the …
“Ensuring hygiene in food cuts across the complex chain of production, processing till consumption,” Mr. Sudam Pawar, Director of MI’s Innovation and Technological Connectivity Department, remarks today as he welcomes participants in the five-day regional training program on Food Hygiene and Sanitation for Food Handlers. “You have a great responsibility to ensure that actors along …
PROSAFE TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES Read More »
Seven professionals from the public sector and the academe in the region join MI this month as Mekong Institute Young Scholars (MIYS). Supported by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the MIYS Program offers a six-month structured learning experience to junior and mid-level professionals from the Greater Mekong Subregion and an opportunity to …
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Senior government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) recently visited New Zealand from April 29–May 3 to learn about NZ best practices in managing food safety in fresh horticultural value chains. As part of Mekong Institute’s Promoting Safe Food for Everyone (PROSAFE) Project, the one-week structured learning visit brought together senior officials …
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May 8, Quang Binh, Vietnam – The MI team led by Executive Director Dr. Watcharas Leelawath paid a courtesy visit today to Mr. Le Minh Ngan, Vice Chairman of the Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee. , Vietnam. The visit comes a month after the Business to Government (B2G) meeting held last April 10 in Khammouane, …
May 2, 2019 — Water resource experts and key stakeholders from government agencies join today’s national consultation as part of Mekong Institute’s project on Transboundary Cooperation Mechanism on Adaptation to Climate Change and Hydropower Development Projects, an initiative supported by the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund. Organized in Bangkok and in collaboration with the Office of …
The Business to Government (B2G) Dialogue on Cross-Border Trade Facilitation (CBTF) between Tak, Thailand and Myawaddy, Myanmar was held in Mae Sot on April 25, 2019. Around 100 stakeholders from both public and private sectors engaged in discussions toward seamless trade and strengthened collaboration between the two provinces. Drawing from a previous Business to Business …
B2G BRIDGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR ENHANCED TAK-MYAWADDY BORDER TRADE Read More »
“Mekong Institute is glad to co-organize this Business to Government (B2G) dialogue with Khammouane, Nakhon Phanom and Quang Binh in order to facilitate cross-border trade among three provinces. While trade volume in the region is significantly increasing, trade cost of CLMVT countries accounted to 26% compared with 8% in Singapore. Hence, there is a need …
Khon Kaen – Mekong Institute (MI) successfully concluded the one-week regional modular training on ‘Rural E-Commerce Development in the Lancang-Mekong Countries’ on March 25-29, 2019 at its Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Twenty-four participants from Lancang-Mekong countries, including Cambodia, P.R. China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CCLMTV), attended the training program. They …
MI SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES 2ND MODULAR TRAINING ON RURAL E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT Read More »
Mekong Institute invites government and non-government organizations, academic institutions and training institutes from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand (CLMVT) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to submit proposals for funding support by the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF). Established in 2013, the Fund provides grant to projects that are regional in nature …
MI OPENS 3RD CALL FOR PROPOSALS UNDER MEKONG-REPUBLIC OF KOREA COOPERATION FUND Read More »
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