One Region, Many Voices

IMAGING OUR MEKONG is annual fellowship programme for journalists who work in print media, photojournalism and television and are nationals of the Mekong countries. The programme, which began in 2002, is jointly implemented by two Southern-based media organisations -- Probe Media Foundation Inc and IPS Asia-Pacific Center Foundation Inc. It is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, with partial support over the years from the Japan Foundation, Oxfam America (East Asia), the Open Society Institute (Zug) and UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific (Avian Flu Series of the Imaging Our Mekong programme, 2007-08 cycle).

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THAILAND: Water Diversion Plans Lead to Trouble - Activists

By Kornpan Winwong

BANGKOK, Aug 3 (Newsmekong) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s plans to divert water from rivers across the Thailand and from neighbouring Laos to help feed agricultural production faces stiff opposition from activists, who argue the ambitious projects could threaten the environment and local people’s lives. »»

Mekong Delta Farmers on Bird Flu Alert

By Tran Dinh Thanh Lam

CAN THO, Vietnam, Jun 30 (Newsmekong) - The bustling city of Can Tho is the capital of southern Vietnam’s fertile Mekong Delta and one of the country’s two main rice baskets. »»

At Mekong Summit, All Roads Lead Beyond the Border

VIENTIANE, Mar 31 (Newsmekong) - Cross-border highways were the talk of many at the Mekong Summit that ended here, even as a key link in the North-South corridor linking Kunming to Singapore was opened Monday and Mekong governments pledged to step up regional integration and cooperation over the next five years. »»

Calling on Mekong Leaders

Ounkeo Souksavanh

In the collection of views below, young people at the 3rd Greater Mekong Subregion Summit held in Vientiane, Laos on Mar.30-31, 2008 talk about what they’d like Mekong leaders to do. »»

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Tracing Human Trafficking

Chonlatis Kaewprasertsom and Chatra Siamthong, Producers, Saradee Company, Thailand

Tracing Human Trafficking in the Mekong Sub-region
 
Owing to their geographical locations, Laos and Thailand enjoy close ties. They have similar languages and traditions, and the importation of Thai products to Laos has always been brisk. But unscrupulous people are now taking advantage of the convenient and easy routes between the two countries, and more and more Lao people are becoming victims of human trafficking in Thailand. View Film
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Changes in the Life and Production

Le Thi Thoa and Bui Tuan Linh, Reporters, Vietnam Digital Television (VTC), Vietnam

Changes in the Life and Production
 
After over 4 years of avian flu incidence, are the Vietnamese and the Chinese now fully prepared to combat this threat to health and livelihood?

“Changes in the Life and Production” explores the impact of the long bout with the H5N1 virus on the ways of life of poultry farmers in Vietnam and China.

Le Thi Thoa and Bui Tuan Linh bring the viewer to a breeding place for fighting cocks, a chicken farm, and a dumping ground for slaughtered, illegally-imported birds. They show how citizens, at different levels of involvement, can rise to the challenge of overcoming the hurdles brought on by the disease. »»
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Opening Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong (2007, 237 pp)

 
Opening borders book cover'Opening Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong' (237 pp, 2008), the fifth book in the Imaging Our Mekong series, is now off the press.

The phrase ‘Opening Borders’, which appears in this book’s title, also describes what the 21 journalists whose work appear here were doing while reporting on issues that link at least two countries in the Mekong Region. »»

2007 Imaging Our Mekong DVD Set

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From documentaries that delve into issues of ethnicity to transboundary roads and infrastructure projects, to television features on avian flu, the works compiled in the Imaging Our Mekong 2007 DVD set look at what links the countries of the Mekong Region together.
 
The Imaging Our Mekong 2007 DVD is the latest compilation of the works of the television fellows under the 5th cycle (2006-07) of the Imaging Our Mekong media fellowship programme. »»
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