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Mekong Delta bridge to open in September - Thanh Nien Daily

A long-awaited bridge linking Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces in the mekong Delta will open for traffic this September, to the Ministry of Transport said. ...
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=38336

Distant Echoes of Vietnam

The Day I Lost My Innocence When I was nineteen I was stationed in a remote Laotian village on the mekong River. I was an Irish kid from the Bronx, over twelve thousand miles from home. It had been a twenty-two hour plane ride to get, ???in countr
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/05/01/distant_echoes_of_vietnam

ADB, Australia help manage Mekong resources People's Daily

The Asian Development Bank ADB and Australia are providing a grant of one million U.S. dollars to help Laos develop the tools needed to manage its vast water and environmental resources flowing from the mekong River, Lao newspaper Vientia ...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6407036.html

Questions for Google's Larry Brilliant: Corporate Giver

"As the head of Google's philanthropy division, you oversee a budget of about 1 billion to be spent on socially constructive causes, like developing plug-in cars or tracking bird flu along the mekong River. Is that enough money to make a difference?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09wwlnQ4-t.html?ex=1362632400&en=61a0ef1204e53b7b&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg

Mekong Delta

Pictorial glimpses of life on the mekong Delta accompanied by informative captions.
http://www.vietscape.com/travel/mekong/

WWF - WWF Greater Mekong Programme

WWF Greater mekong Programme coordinates the growing number of WWF projects ... Preliminary population abundance estimate for the mekong dolphin in 2007 ...
http://www.panda.org/greatermekong

Mekong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The mekong is one of the world&8217s major rivers. It is the 11th-longest river in the world, and the 12th-largest by volume discharging ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong

Mekong secrets revealed - Thanh Nien Daily

Here, in typical mekong Delta style, vendors display their wares at the end of long poles on top of their boats. Pineapples and pumpkins swayed above us as ...
http://www.thanhniennews.com/travel/?catid=7&newsid=38292

Wednesday, 30.4.2008: Economic Dragon for Cambodia: Samdech Prime Minister Shows His Stance to Continue to Restore and Build Infrastructure

The Mirror, Vol. 12, No. 558 ???National Road 7 from Katie to Stung Treng to Trapeang Kreal at the Cambodian-Lao border of 196.8 km including the Sekong Bridge of 1,057 meters and the Prek Chhloung Bridge of 137 meters, built with credit without in
http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/wednesday-3042008-economic-dragon-for-cambodia-samdech-prime-minister-shows-his-stance-to-continue-to-restore-and-build-infrastructure/

Mekong rice conspiracy Philippine Daily Inquirer

Five rice producing countries in the mekong River Delta are setting up a price-fixing cartel amid skyrocketing rice prices and shortages in Asia described by the United Nations as a ???real global crisis.??? The cartel is expected to isolate the Philippin
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080506-134999/Mekong-rice-conspiracy

Respect Vietnamese Patriots Gunned Down by Beloved Swiftboat

Jolted to read John Kerry's insensitive references to, "the Swift Boats we loved while we were in uniform on the mekong Delta" -"the boats we honored when we were in uniform in Vietnam". Kerry earlier called the war an atrocity. Remark
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jay_jans_080204_respect_vietnamese_p.htm

Mekong - A Vietnamese Grill

mekong grill, mekong a vietnamese grill now open, mekong grill, Mekong??s menu focuses on freshly grilled foods ?? tender chicken, beef, and shrimp skewers, ...var mb20=ManyBox.register'20',3,'MKpHD6wvGMEJ','','8282',10,'Map of 7952 SE 13th Ave,
http://mekonggrill.com/

mekong - Definitions from Dictionary.com

Definitions of mekong at Dictionary.com. ... a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2600 mi ...
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mekong&r=66

The Mekong River

Outline for the mekong River and the mekong Delta in natural status ... Table- Countries in the mekong River basin ...
http://cantho.cool.ne.jp/mekong/outline/mekong_river_e.html

Mekong mafia - Inquirer.net

... of a rice cartel and was close to forming the Organization of Rice Exporting Countries with four other mekong Delta neighbors, is deeply disturbing. ...Mekong nations to form OPEC-style rice cartel - Thai PM Forbes
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20080505-134575/Mekong-mafia

Olympic flame and Saigon at night - Saigon, Vietnam

Jump to the full entry & travel map Saigon, Vietnam Hey peeps......... Well, I'm still here in Saigon and the weather hasn't been the greatest. Today it poured rain till it was over the curbs in some places. Jolie and I were lucky enough to be
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/geeandjolie/1/1209560820.html

Ngoc Tram crowned South Mekong Pageant 2008 Vietnam Net

VietNamNet Bridge ?? The final round of South mekong Pageant took place in Soc Trang Province last week. On April 27, 28 and May 1, a total of 18 contestants from the mekong Delta provinces competed in elimination round contests, including traditional So
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/05/781653/

An Australian farmer in the Mekong Delta

For many years, the residents in and around Long Xuyen in An Giang Province have considered Australian John Douglas Flanders a close friend. They don??t only love Doug for his friendliness, but also for all the beneficial things he has done for this comm
http://canthocity.com/society/an-australian-farmer-in-the-mekong-delta.html

Sleepwalking Through the Mekong

site for documentary Sleepwalking Through the Mekong.
http://www.sleepwalkingthroughthemekong.com/

Mekong - A Vietnamese Grill

Mekong is now open! We??re located in the heart of Portland??s Sellwood neighborhood, on the corner of Southeast 13th and Miller, just two blocks North of Tacoma.
http://mekonggrill.com/

Mekong Express home page

Mekong Express is an electronic footpath across the cradle of the mekong allowing you to explore the cultural profusion and untapped promise ...
http://www.mekongexpress.com/

Power cuts hit firms in Mekong Delta - Viet Nam News

MEKONG DELTA ?? Current power shortages during the dry season have had serious effects on the business and production activities in the Cuu Long Mekong ...Power outages frustrate Delta businesses, residents Thanh Nien Daily
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01ECO050508

Distant Echoes of Vietnam

The Day I Lost My Innocence When I was nineteen I was stationed in a remote Laotian village on the mekong River. I was an Irish kid from the Bronx, over twelve thousand miles from home. It had been a twenty-two hour plane ride to get, ???in countr
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/05/01/distant_echoes_of_vietnam

Mekong mafia Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines - The announcement by Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, that Thailand has revived its idea of a rice cartel and was close to forming the Organization of Rice Exporting Countries with four other mekong Delta neighbors, is deeply dis
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view_article.php?article_id=134575

Baby Dolphins Disappearing from Mekong River

The Irrawaddy dolphin is one of the world??s most endangered species, with fewer than 170 individuals left in the mekong and less than 1000 worldwide. The species is known for its rounded, smiling face . The entire mekong Irrawaddy dolphin population is
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/baby-dolphins-disappearing-from-mekong-river/884

Mekong

Mission to indigenous people in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
http://www.infomekong.com/

MEKONG ENERGY COMPANY LTD. :::

Mekong Energy Company Ltd or MECO is an IPP Independent Power Producer, MECO owns and operates Phu My 2.2 power plant in the Ba Ria Vung Tau province, 80 km Southeast of Ho Chi ...
http://MEKONG-ENERGY.COM

Cambodia in Modern History: Beauty and Darkness

A collection of documents, essays, articles and photographs on recent history, particularly the Khmer Rouge period, with bibliography.
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/

PM: Cambodia could mediate between DPRK, S Korea - Xinhua

... Republic of Korea DPRK and South Korea, as unlike most countries it enjoys good relations with both, local newspaper the mekong Times said Wednesday. ...Hun Sen: Orec can solve world hunger Bangkok Post
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8120439.htm

April 29, 1970 -- US forces in Vietnam invade Cambodia

Well, actually, President Richard Nixon called it an "incursion." I didn't know what an incursion was, but whatever it was, it wasn't an invasion, and that was the point. Our soldiers incursed, or incurded, or something, Cambodia. And it st
http://www.democraticcentral.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1972

Greif, Inc. Acquires Vietnam Steel Drum Facility ThomasNet

DELAWARE, Ohio May 6, 2008 - On May 2, Greif, Inc. NYSE: GEF, GEF.B acquired Petro-Summit Mechanical Co Ltd., Vietnam, a subsidiary of Asian Steel Co. Singapore. Located in Vung Tau Province, the facility manufactures 200-litre steel drums serving the
http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/816844

Republicans' John McCain to become their Waterloo

Frosty Wooldridge - Does anyone know Senator John McCain? As a Vietnam War prisoner, his only claim to fame stems from being locked up for five years in the mekong Delta. Last year, McCain suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the American public
http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty336.htm

Mekong Delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The mekong Delta Vietnamese: ??ng b??ng s??ng C?u Long ???Nine Dragon river delta??? is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the mekong River approaches and ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_Delta

Mekong River Commission Secretariat

An international, country-driven river basin organisation that provides the institutional framework to promote regional cooperation in order to implement the 1995 ...
http://www.mrcmekong.org/

Lancang Mekong River International Rivers

Downstream Ecological Implications of China's Lancang Hydropower and mekong Navigation project ... The Lancang/Mekong and the Nu/Salween ...
http://www.irn.org/programs/mekong/

Two more expressways for Mekong River Delta - VietNamNet Bridge

VietNamNet Bridge ?? Backbone roads which are under construction and planned expressways will pave the way for the powerful development of the mekong River ...
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/2008/05/781212/

Grain Shortage, Nexus of Woe

Global warming, free trade, biofuels, water resource management, energy availability, and over-population. What do these factors have in common? They all affect the cost of grain around the world. Grain has been going up in price, more than doubling in p
http://devilsdictionarydefiled.com/blog/?p=333

VN to join global efforts to stabilise rice prices Vietnam Net

VietNamNet Bridge ?? The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman says Vietnam supports international community efforts to stabilise world food prices.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/politics/2008/05/782194/

Butchered tigers, leopards seized on Thai-Lao border

Six slaughtered tigers and five leopards have been seized along with 275 live pangolins as traffickers tried to smuggle them across the mekong River into Laos, the Thai navy said Wednesday.
http://www.mybeautyguru.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=457

Mekong Currents Imaging Our Mekong

BANGKOK, Mar 3 - Policymakers and development planners in the Greater mekong Sub-region GMS may not think of artists as partners in their development ...
http://www.newsmekong.org/mekong_currents/

The Mekong river The sweet serpent of South-East Asia Economist.com

How much longer will the mekong remain the world's last great unspoilt river? ... small globes of light rise from the mekong river along the border of Laos and ...
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2313069

Mekong River Commission Secretariat

... supports the mekong Programme, a Regional Cooperation Programme for the Sustainable Development of Water and Related Resources in the ...
http://www.mrcmekong.org/

Orphaned by rice cartel - Inquirer.net

Five rice producing countries in the mekong River Delta are setting up a price-fixing cartel amid skyrocketing rice prices and shortages in Asia described ...Manila 5 May -- Just for buffer stocks ?? and so we can take it ... Philippine Information Age
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/opinion/view/20080508-135417/Orphaned-by-rice-cartel

Supersize Sea Monsters

When you think about sea monsters you think of the giant creatures in movies or in books. I came across these series of real-life ???sea monsters??? pictures that I wanted to share with you. At the time of this 2007 photo, Japanese scientists had ca
http://www.myfishtank.net/supersize-sea-monsters/

New fertiliser plants to boost food security Vietnam Net

VietNamNet Bridge ?? The construction of Ca Mau nitrogenous fertiliser plant in the Cuu Long Mekong Delta and other fertiliser plants across Vietnam would contribute to the nation's food security, Deputy Prime Minister said Nguyen Sinh Hung.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2008/05/781911/

An Australian farmer in the Mekong Delta

For many years, the residents in and around Long Xuyen in An Giang Province have considered Australian John Douglas Flanders a close friend. They don??t only love Doug for his friendliness, but also for all the beneficial things he has done for this comm
http://canthocity.com/society/an-australian-farmer-in-the-mekong-delta.html

Mekong Restaurant

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http://www.mekong-restaurant.com/

Mekong Restaurant > Home

Mekong Restaurant on Somerset Street in Ottawa, Ontario ... 10% Takeout Discount: Takeout at the mekong is discounted by 10%. Job Opening
http://www.mekong.ca/

Mekonginfo, regional information system on participatory natural ...

MekongInfo, the interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management NRM in the Lower ...
http://www.mekonginfo.org/

MAPPING THE MEKONG - Bangkok Post

settle the mekong borderline with Laos. The 141-million-baht project is a joint effort between the Foreign Ministry and the Hydrographic Department. ...Licenses on Thai vehicles entering mekong countries to be in English Thai News Agency MCOT
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/27Apr2008_news07.php

H&I Fires* 8 May 2008

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your
http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/hi_fires_8_may.html

Northern economic region called for more progress Vietnam Net

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged the country??s northern key economic region to continue exploiting its potentials and strengths for stronger and more active development.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/05/782209/

Denial - A River Runs Through Us: Damming the Mekong River

The impact of dams in one of the most ecologically diverse areas of the world
http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?SimpleLiving%2FDenial_The_River_Runs_Through_UsCardamom_Mountains

2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Mekong River: Connecting Cultures

Through craft demonstrations, dance and musical performances, and hands-on activities, mekong River: Connecting Cultures introduced visitors to the diverse ...
http://www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2007/Mekong/index.html

WWF - Mekong

... means protecting real places like the mekong and the animals that live there. ... with Dekila Chungyalpa, WWF US leader for the Greater mekong Program. ...
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/flm/

Mekong Travel

Details of holidays and travel in Vietnam, Thailand, Burma Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and China, with special offers available by email, phone ...
http://www.mekong-travel.com/

Ngoc Tram crowned South Mekong Pageant 2008 - VietNamNet Bridge

VietNamNet Bridge ?? The final round of South mekong Pageant took place in Soc Trang Province last week. On April 27, 28 and May 1, a total of 18 contestants ...
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/05/781653/

10 days in Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jump to the full entry & travel map Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam We had a fabulous time in Vietnam.&nbsp Three days exploring Saigon&nbsp - great hotel, shopping and food.&nbsp The heat and the number of motor bikes was overwhelming
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/messyellen/4/1209095220.html

Power cuts hit firms in Mekong Delta Vi?t Nam News

MEKONG DELTA ?? Current power shortages during the dry season have had serious effects on the business and production activities in the Cuu Long Mekong Delta. In Ca Mau City, power has been cut every other day for the past two weeks.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01ECO050508

Giving Away a Billion Dollars Per Year at Google

As the head of Google??s philanthropy division, he oversees a budget of about 1 billion to be spent on socially constructive causes, like developing plug-in cars or tracking bird flu along the mekong River.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09wwlnQ4-t.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Mekong Delta Pictures - Vietnam stock photos, fine art prints by QTL

A large gallery of Pictures of mekong Delta. Part of a gallery of color pictures of Vietnam by professional photographer QT Luong, available as prints or ...
http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/vietnam-region.delta.html

Mekong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All except China and Burma belong to the mekong River Commission. A south Asian regional association, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation is named after this ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong

Mekong Network

The mekong Network Project provides information on Southeast Asia, and also includes a selection of articles on other, unrelated topics.
http://www.mekong.net/