Study Visit: Sirindhorn International Environmental Park (SIEP)
Located in Cha-am, Phetchaburi province of Thailand, SIEP is an international learning centre in global energy, natural resources and the environment. It provides a comprehensive range of learning activities and creates innovations that link science and technology based on the local knowledge of sustainable development.
The mangrove plantation at SIEP was once devastated by human invasion, but thanks to an initiative by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on August 14th August, 1994, the present ecosystem of the mangrove forest is once again abundant comprising various types of plants that provide shelter to aquatic animals. It has also become the habitat of other types of animals, such as resident and migratory birds.
The SEAMEO Youth Leaders visited this natural classroom to study the ecology and biodiversity of a mangrove forest and learn the tremendous benefits that they provide, and the importance of their preservation.
The 3rd Mekong ICT Camp 2013 -
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Faculty of Art and Design,Rangsit University ; Annual Staff Seminar 2014 ; at The Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi province ,May 29--30, 2014.
Lao NEWS on LNTV: Lao Deputy PM meets US Secretary of State in Myanmar.12/8/2014
VO Lao Deputy PM meets US Secretary of State in Myanmar
INTRO: Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on Saturday to discuss how to consolidate their bilateral ties. Details with our news team Kongkham Douangkeo and Nanthawood Phaengkhanty ☺
STORY: The talk was held on the sideline of the 47th Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting or AMM-47 and related meetings, which successfully wrapped up in Nay Pyi Taw on Sunday.
Both sides praised the strong growth in the Lao-US relations and discussed ways to further deepen their cooperation and bilateral relationship. Secretary Kerry also thanked the Foreign Minister for Laos' offer to host an Extraordinary Friends of the Lower Mekong or FLM meeting, which would address the environmental and social aspects of the Mekong development, including smart infrastructure, hydropower and alternative energy.
During the subsequent FLM meeting, Secretary Kerry also expressed gratitude for Lao-US cooperation on hydropower issues, including Smart Infrastructure for the Mekong projects on fisheries, sediment and dam safety. The Friends of the Lower Mekong is a broad dialogue that improves donor coordination in the Mekong sub-region and supports integrated cooperation between and among Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the US. Participating FLM members include: Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, the European Union, Asian Development Bank and World Bank.
Dr Thongloung also took the opportunity at the 47th Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting to hold a bilateral talk with his counterpart from China and Timor-Leste.
During the talk between Laos and China, both sides expressed their satisfaction with their current cooperative relations, especially in the area of foreign affairs, socio-culture, as well as science and technology. They also discussed economic cooperation and exchange visits of the two countries' delegations. China pledged to support Laos when the country hosts the Asean Summit in 2016.
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Cambodia ( (listen); also Kampuchea ; Khmer: កម្ពុជា Khmer: [kam.pu.ciə]; French: Cambodge), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə, IPA: [prĕəh riə.ciə.naː.caʔ kam.pu.ciə]; French: Royaume du Cambodge), is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 16 million. The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, practised by approximately 95 percent of the population. The country's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective constitutional monarchy with a monarch, currently Norodom Sihamoni, chosen by the Royal Throne Council as head of state. The head of government is the Prime Minister, currently Hun Sen, the longest serving non-royal leader in Southeast Asia, ruling Cambodia since 1985.
In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name Kambuja. This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire, which flourished for over 600 years, allowing successive kings to control and exert influence over much of Southeast Asia and accumulate immense power and wealth. The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to much of Southeast Asia and undertook many religious infrastructural projects throughout the region, including the construction of more than 1,000 temples and monuments in Angkor alone. Angkor Wat is the most famous of these structures and is designated as a World Heritage Site. After the fall of Angkor to Ayutthaya in the 15th century, a reduced and weakened Cambodia was then ruled as a vassal state by its neighbours. In 1863, Cambodia became a protectorate of France, which doubled the size of the country by reclaiming the north and west from Thailand.
Cambodia gained independence in 1953. The Vietnam War extended into the country with the US bombing of Cambodia from 1969 until 1973. Following the Cambodian coup of 1970 which installed the right-wing pro-US Khmer Republic, the deposed king gave his support to his former enemies, the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge emerged as a major power, taking Phnom Penh in 1975 and later carrying out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted by Vietnam and the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea, supported by the Soviet Union in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1979–91). Following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords, Cambodia was governed briefly by a United Nations mission (1992–93). The UN withdrew after holding elections in which around 90 percent of the registered voters cast ballots. The 1997 factional fighting resulted in the ousting of the government by Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People's Party, who remain in power as of 2018.
Cambodia is a member of the United Nations since 1955, ASEAN, the East Asia Summit, the WTO, the Non-Aligned Movement and La Francophonie. According to several foreign organisations, the country has widespread poverty, pervasive corruption, lack of political freedoms, low human development and a high rate of hunger. Cambodia has been described by Human Rights Watch's Southeast Asian Director, David Roberts, as a vaguely communist free-market state with a relatively authoritarian coalition ruling over a superficial democracy. While per capita income remains low compared to most neighbouring countries, Cambodia has one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, with growth averaging 7.6 percent over the last decade. Ag ...