Parks and other green spaces provide both health and environmental benefits, making them a key element in making towns and cities more livable and climate-resilient. Photo: ADB.
Vulnerable towns in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam are using “green infrastructure” to stave off the impacts of climate change.
Mosquito nets protect children against malaria in Viet Nam. Photo: Justin Mott/ADB.
Five countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion are receiving additional support to eliminate malaria.
Startup entrepreneurs get advice from experts at a tourism mentoring bootcamp. Photo: MIST.
The best tourism startups will converge at the 2017 Mekong Tourism Forum on June 6 to pitch their business plans to venture capitalists and industry experts.
Rural communities in the Greater Mekong Subregion are vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
Viet Nam is helping farmers respond to climate change to protect their harvests and their livelihoods. Photo: ADB.
New laws, policies, training centers—and plenty of infrastructure upgrades like water pumps and irrigation systems—are helping Vietnamese farmers deal with the challenges of weather, geography, and climate change.
Shop owners see a rise in sales as better roads bring in more customers. Photo: ADB.
Economic corridors, like the East-West Corridor running through the Greater Mekong Subregion, are much more than just highways. They link a variety of economic activities and have wide-ranging impacts.
This is the summary of proceedings from the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Environment (WGE AM-22) held on 26-27 July 2016 in Da Nang, Viet Nam.
This is the summary of proceedings from the 6th Meeting of the Subregional Telecommunications Forum of the Greater Mekong Subregion held in Hanoi, Viet Nam on 27-28 October 2004.
This issue of the Journal focuses on the seminal research undertaken by Social Research Institute of Chiang Mai University (SRI-CMU) on the question: How does community-based tourism (CBT) impact on poverty? Five research papers were selected from the SRI-CMU project. The overview article, Tourism: Blessings for All?, by Mingsarn Kaosa-ard, discusses the returns from tourism and how these returns are being shared from a national perspective. The benefits and the potential negative impacts of tourism are weighed.
The Third Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Agriculture was held in Hue City, Viet Nam on 15-17 February 2006.
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