MI LAUNCHES PROSAFE FIRST TRAINING COURSE

Mekong Institute (MI), with the support of the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), launches today, July 2, the five-day Regional Training Program on Food Safety Management Tools for Food Manufacturing at the MI Residential Training Center. The program is the first in a series of food safety training programs organized under the PROSAFE Project: Promoting …

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MI OPENS APPLICATIONS TO COMMUNICATING FOOD SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM

Mekong Institute, supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme, is going to organize Communicating Food Safety: Regional Media Training Program on Food Safety Reporting in CLMV on August 6–10 at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Full scholarships will be provided to about 20 media/communication professionals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. At present, …

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

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 …

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MI SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWO-YEAR PROJECT FUNDED BY JAIF

Mekong Institute (MI) organized the final Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of ASEAN Mekong Subregion (AMS)” on June 18, 2018. Serving as the last leg of the said project, results of the final project evaluation, as well as ideas for …

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MI GEARS UP FOR MEKONG FORUM 2018

Mekong Institute is again bringing together opinion leaders, stakeholders and key development players in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) for Mekong Forum 2018 on August 3, 2018 at Avani Khon Kaen Hotel, Khon Kaen, Thailand. On its sixth year, Mekong Forum 2018 tackles the theme, Turnarounds and Takeoffs: Speeding Up Competitiveness and Connectivity in the …

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

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 …

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LAO AGRI OFFICERS, FARMER-LEADERS JOIN TRAINING ON ADVANCED RICE FARMING

Around 29 participants from Lao PDR’s Department of Agriculture and Forestry, District of Agriculture and Forestry Office, and Department of Industry and Commerce in Khammouane and Savannakhet provinces, as well as farmer-leaders from the 10 GAP rice-producing groups, joined the ‘Training of Trainer on Advanced Rice Farming for Sustainable Productivity’ on May 23-25, 2018. The …

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

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, …

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EWEC PROJECT HOLDS ENTERPRISE WORKSHOP ON CROSS BORDER TRADE FACILITATION

The RLED-EWEC Project of MI continues to build stakeholder capacity with a recently-concluded Enterprise Workshop on the Facilitation and Promotion of Cross Border Trade between Mukdahan, Quang Tri and Savannakhet Provinces. Organized on May 18-19, 2018 at Quang Tri province, Vietnam, the workshop gathered 40 private sector delegates from such agencies as the Mukdahan Chamber …

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MEKONG INSTITUTE OPENS APPLICATIONS TO 2018 SAFE FOOD COURSES

Mekong Institute (MI) will be organizing a series of safe food courses this year as part of the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded Food Safety Project. These regional training programs comprise a major component of the five-year food safety project to be implemented in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). The Project primarily seeks to …

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