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China-based firm's plans to build Buddha statue in Mahayana tradition in L
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 16 (ANI): A China-based company's plans to build a 100-metre statue of the Buddha in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition on the Mekong river bank in Vientiane, Laos has sparked anger among the local citizens as most of them follow the Thervada tradition of Buddhism.
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Japan calls on Myanmar military to restore democracy, release detainees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 7 (ANI): Japan on Friday urged Myanmar's military to free people detained since the Feb 1 coup and restore democracy in the country during a meeting with the foreign ministers of five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River attended by Myanmar's military-
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Vietnam announces 15-day lockdown in capital Hanoi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam] July 24 (ANI/FENA): Vietnam has announced a 15-day lockdown of the capital Hanoi as a wave of coronavirus spreads from the southern region of the Mekong River Delta.
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Dams along Mekong by China threatening farmers and fish in Southeast Asia:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 8 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the river to feed country's growing energy needs is causing problems downriver -- having devastating impacts on water availability and the fertile soil that feeds hundreds of millions of people in South
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Chinese dams release Mekong waters on Laos; pose threats to aquatic life
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], April 8 (ANI): Chinese dams on the Mekong River have begun unleashing water during the river's normal dry season, posing threats to aquatic life in Laos, along with thousands of people living alongside the river in Southeast Asian country, according to a report by Radio Fre
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US raises concerns over China's upstream dams on Mekong river basin
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): Raising concerns over the dipping water-levels of the Mekong River and upstream dams in China, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap points out that upstream dams in China that exacerbate drough
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Amazing Thailand offers delicious, healthy, popular food choices. Top dish
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI/Mediawire): Blessed is the country of Thailand where nature is preserved in its bounty and flavorsome healthy food is available for all.
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Mekong River: US calls on China to live up to its commitments on water dat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): Raising concerns over the dropping water-levels of the Mekong River, the United States on Tuesday (local time) called on China to 'live up to its commitments to water data transparency'.
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Dams on Mekong river benefits upriver countries, adversely affects downriv
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): Dams on the Mekong river, which originates in China, have adversely affected the livelihoods of people living in downriver countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia while the upriver neighbours continue to reap benefits of hydropower projects.
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Fear of rivers drives China to tame even Mekong river
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Aug 1 (ANI): As China perceives rivers as dangerous and wild natural systems that need to be tamed to be productive for mankind, the Beijing government constructed a dam on the Mekong river, thus, impacting the food and economic security of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Tha
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China limiting Mekong river's flow triggered drought in region, says US-ba
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 14 (ANI): A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its territory in the backdrop of a severe drought in the region last year.
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China's hydro ambitions killing Mekong River
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand] April 2 (ANI): China's hydro ambitions are on the verge of killing Mekong River, says a report.
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