Scientists are urgently calling for alternative treatments to a malaria “superbug” that now affects four countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The Mekong Business Initiative is helping Vietnamese businesswomen build their capacity to engage the government in dialogue.

Risk financing can help at-risk communities better cope with the economic costs of natural disasters and extreme weather.

HA NOI, VIET NAM (20 September 2017) — Ministers from the six member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion today endorsed a five-year action plan framework that includes $64 billion in projects to help the subregion achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development.

The subregion is one of the least urbanized areas in the world, but its cities are growing and their economic impact is being felt. 

Thailand is rolling out an ambitious plan to transform the eastern part of the country into an investment, technology, and transportation hub, where all the economic corridors of the Greater Mekong Subregion converge.

Vulnerable towns in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam are using “green infrastructure” to stave off the impacts of climate change.