News & Events 2008
Mekong News

	August
	Flooding on the rise: hits Thai Mekong River provinces - Thai News Agency
	Northern, northeastern provinces warned of heavy rains, flooding - The Nation
	20 wetlands shortlisted in 27 provinces - Bangkok Post
	July
	First Thai train crosses border to Laos - Bangkok Post
	May
	Samak to push for Mekong water diversion plan - Bangkok Post
	Living with floods - Bangkok Post
	Road to Yunnan - Bangkok Post
	The pain of not knowing - Bangkok Post
	Burmar's death toll could increase 15-fold, warns Oxfam - The Nation
	Storm warning - Bangkok Post
	Destruction of Mangrove Forests Increased Devastating Impact of Cyclone Nagris - E-Wire press release
	Cambodia seeks $3.2bn for 14 new dams - Bangkok Post
	Philippines concerned about Thai Plans to set up a rice cartel - Bangkok Post
	The transport mega-project - The Nation
	April
	Cambodia's tonle sap in distress - The Nation
	6 GMS nations produce Lancang-Mekong TV documentary - MCOT
	TNT aims for regional logistics hub - Bangkok Post
	Human trafficking: migrate to die - Bangkok Post
	The injustice migrant workers face - Bangkok Post
	What effect will global warming have on thailand? - The Nation
	In Mekong Delta, few know or worry about rising seas - Bangkok Post
	ADB says political stability an issue - Bangkok Post
	China Calls For Regional Transport Network - The Nation
	GMS breaks down transport barriers - Vientiane Times
	China calls for regional transport network - The Nation
	March
	Govt to sign GMS power buying agreement - Bangkok Post
	Thai-Vietnam Agreement on Trafficking - The Nation
	Boats underfire on river - Bangkok Post
	Vietnam is thriving on illegal lao timber - The Nation
	Press Briefing by the Foreign Minister - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
	Caution urged on water project plans - Bangkok Post
	Shaking up modern myths in the Mekong - The Nation
	Damming Salween needs proper study first - Bangkok Post
	Samak orders drought action - Bangkok Post
	China pushes industries up the value chain - Bangkok Post
	Febuary
	Lao villagers not ready for dam impact: group - Reuters through IRN
	SENSA talked on Climate Change - Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia
	Samak says he will personally supervise five megaprojects - Bangkok Post
	Myanmar Times to Publish Burmese Daily - The Irrawaddy
	Samak's Mekong plan could hurt trade ties - Bangkok Post
	Good morning Laos - Bangkok Post
	Salween dam projects on hold - The Nation
	Asean meets to promote sustainability - Bangkok Post
	Policy plan ready to go to Cabinet - The Nation
	Samak's plan to divert Mekong water panned - Bangkok Post
	Samak cooks up irrigation and transport plans - The Nation
	Megaprojects 'a top priority' for new govt - Bangkok Post
	A sleeping giant wakes up - Bangkok Post
	January
	82 plants added to import ban - The Nation
	Asean tourism chiefs push for single-visa scheme - The Nation
	An Giang sets future hopes on tourism in 2010 - Viet Nam News
	Cambodia's biggest hydropower dams serious threats to people - The Nation
	Vietnam to lift ban on rice exports - Bangkok Post
	Cooperation is key to helping Mekong region - China Daily
	Nam Ngum dams in Laos could hurt thousands: report - The Nation
	Mekong nations to boost tourism - The Nation
	Statement of Thai Minister of Foreign at the Mekong-Japan Ministerial Meeting - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
	CP to expand its regional maize crops - Bangkok Post
	Manipulating the mekong - The Nation
	Drop in coal mine deaths: China - The Nation
	Power needs to double by 2020 - The Nation
	Laos Aims For Hydropower Capacity Of 30,000MW - Vientiane Times
	Media rights group urges Vietnam to free Thai citizen - Bangkok Post
	Ban on timber imports from Burma could be lifted - Bangkok Post
	China boosts war on plastic bags - The Nation
	Japan to offer $78.9m aid to Mekong nations: report - The Strait Times
	La Nina impact possible this year - Bangkok Post
	Vietnam plans mega-dam - Bangkok Post
	Shrimp ponds expand tenfold in mekong Delta - Asia Pulse through Yahoo
	Power up - The Nation
	Japan to host meet on Mekong - The Nation
	Australians take over Phnom Penh Post - Bangkok Post
	Chinese products changing lives - Bangkok Post
	More hydropower plants sought - Bangkok Post
	Review on catfish ban - The Nation
	Report: Vietnam's Red River falls to 100-year low - Bangkok Post
	For many Chinese, bigger is always better - Bangkok Post
	Millions of Bangkokians at risk - The Nation