(September 13, 1999) The Vietnamese government has decided to revise down the country’s power output target of this year because of slackening consumption.
International donors fund Mekong River projects with $31Million
(August 27, 1999) International donors have pledged to disburse US$31.5 million for a Mekong basin development project and a programme on water exploitation by Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, according to General Secretary of Vietnam’s Mekong River Committee Nguyen Hong Toan.
Stand by our agreement, argues Laos.
(August 16, 1999) Minister urges Thai empathy, friendship.
AECL wraps up five-year effort to assist Thai feasibility study
(August 12, 1999) Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) has completed a five-year joint project with the Thai government to help Thailand upgrade expertise and evaluate the feasibility of a nuclear energy program.
Finding fault with Candu case
(June 29, 1999) Letter to the Editor in response to the June 18 letter from Terry Thompson of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
Putting forward the Candu case
(June 18, 1999) Letter to Editor from Terry Thompson of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited on Canada’s Candu nuclear reactor technology.
Minister for International Cooperation responds to Probe International
(June 17, 1999) As Minister for International Cooperation, I am pleased to respond to your letter of February 24, 1999, to the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning the Human Resources Development Policy and Institutional Linkages project in Thailand, and in particular the Thai-Canadian Nuclear Human Resources Development Linkage sub-project.
Nuclear is not for Thailand
(June 9, 1999) Letter to the Editor.
Courses not linked to N-reactor projects
(May 19, 1999) Lecturer defends Cida-funded nuclear energy study in schools.
Marleau promises to launch probe of CIDA activity
(May 17, 1999) Canada’s federal minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) said she knows nothing about the agency’s role in promoting CANDU nuclear reactors in Thailand.
Aid agency pushes nuclear sales
(May 16, 1999) CIDA program targets Thai teens in Candu drive.
Coal-fired power is obsolete
(May 12, 1999) DESPITE there being cheaper and less polluting alternatives, two massive coal-fired plants are being built in Prachuap Khiri Khan [Thailand], writes Grainne Ryder.
Mekong river body opens new headquarters
(May 4, 1999) The four-country Mekong River Commission (MRC) inaugurated its new headquarters on a bank of the Mekong river on Tuesday in the southern outskirts of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
World Bank inaugurates office in Laos
(April 29, 1999) The World Bank inaugurated an office in impoverished Laos this week, saying it would help strengthen its efforts to ease the country’s economic troubles.
Controversial dam projects may lose Development Bank funding
(April 24, 1999) The Asian Development Bank is poised to stop funding controversial dam construction in Laos amid fears of poor viability and rampant illegal logging of some of the region’s last rainforests.