General News
    27 December 2023

    Deionized Water: The Benefits and Risks

    News General News Water Themes Water Governance Industry & Economic Development Water Supply Myanmar Water Portal Monday, 21 November 2022 Source: sprinewellwater.comWater comes in different types – tap water, purified water, filtered water and alkaline water, to name a few. While many are safe to drink, they’re usually unfit for…
    General News
    30 October 2023

    CTU RAINCRAFT 2023

    News General News Vietnam Water Portal Tuesday, 14 February 2023 CTU Raincraft là một phần của dự án Asia Raincraft- Nhằm trao quyền cho các cộng đồng trên khắp châu Á tạo tác động thực sự trong việc giải quyết vấn đề về nước và biến đổi khí hậu trong…
    General News
    21 March 2023

    Water Filtration Systems for Developing Countries

    News General News Water Themes Water Governance Industry & Economic Development Water Supply Myanmar Water Portal Tuesday, 22 November 2022 Source: healingwaters.org – By: deborah.bense What is Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis? Ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis are two ways to treat water. These processes remove dangerous contaminants, making the water safe to…
    Disaster & Flooding
    21 March 2023

    Google Takes on Flooding with Satellites, Machine Learning

    News General News Water Themes Water Governance Industry & Economic Development Disaster & Flooding Myanmar Water Portal Tuesday, 22 November 2022 Source: stormwater.wef.orgLeveraging the technology behind its existing suite of satellite imagery products and its expertise in artificial intelligence, search-engine giant Google (Mountain View, California) is pursuing new ways to…
    General News
    21 March 2023

    Road to World Water Forum 2024

    News General News Indonesia Water Portal Monday, 20 February 2023 Board of Governors at the 10th World Water Forum Kick-off Meeting in Jakarta (15/02) (Photo by: The Water Agency). Indonesia is ready to host the 2024 World Water Forum (WWF). The country held the Kick-off Meeting in Jakarta on 15-16…

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      Flood leaves at least 15 dead, dozens missing in South Sulawesi

      Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi on Monday, has left at least 15 people dead and dozens more missing. (Courtesy of National Disaster Mitigation Agency/BNPB) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, has left at least…

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      HCM City makes plans to adapt to climate change

      HCM City has drawn up 56 projects and plans to adapt to climate change.  19 Nov 20 Vietnamnet Source As one of the cities affected by climate change, Ho Chi Minh City has for many years been making plans to cope with it HCM City (VNS/VNA) – As one of the…

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      Pandemic disrupts food distribution across country, minister says

      Trucks line up at Sunda Kelapa Port in North Jakarta on Tuesday. The port resumed loading and unloading activities after the Jakarta administration eased the physical distancing policy on June 5. (JP/Arief Suhardiman) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 The logistics disruption due to social restrictions to contain COVID-19…

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      Indonesian coal plant taints South Korea’s green pledge

      Ramidin, 59, a local fisherman, smokes a cigarette as he prepares for fishing at a port near the coal-fired power plant owned by Indonesia Power in Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia, July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan) Source: Reuters Date: 16 July 2020 Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by paddling…

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      Vietnam pioneers post-pandemic carbon pricing

      19 Nov 20 East Asia Forum Source  Having contained the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam is becoming the first developing country to adopt carbon pricing in the post-pandemic period to help guide a cleaner recovery. On 17 November, Vietnam’s National Assembly passed the revised Law on Environmental Protection legalising an emission trading scheme.…

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      Interested in Water-related Post Graduate Programs in Europe? We visited the “Study in Europe” event at University of Yangon

      On 13th of December, this is the first-time arrival of Study in Europe fair in Myanmar. The fair is open to students, their parents, young professionals and academics. I reached out this event information via social media (Facebook) and my friends who got invitation emails from dedicated universities. The objective…

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      Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister

      Aerial photo of the mangrove forest cover in the buffer zone of Sumatra’s East Coast Mangrove Forest Nature Reserve, which has been partially converted into an oil palm plantation area in Mendahara, Tanjungjabung Timur, Jambi, Friday (10/07/2020). (ANTARA PHOTO/Wahdi Septiawan/wsj) Source: ANTARA News Date: 16 July 2020 Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister,…

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      Three reasons why banning plastic bags is problematic

      Featured  A woman carrying a child stands in front of a giant mound of plastic waste in Bekasi, West Java. ANTARA FOTO/ Fakhri Hermansyah/pras Source: The Conversation Date: 17 July 2020 There has been a growing trend of restrictions and bans on plastic bag use worldwide. By mid-2018, over 127 countries had…

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      Meeting with Myanmar Purified Drinking Water Association about groundwater extraction

      U Ye Htut, Chairman of Myanmar Purified Drinking Water Association U Ye Htut, Chairman of Myanmar Purified Drinking Water Association, speaks about the story of the association, the objectives and the current activities in Myanmar. He provided me of information and profile of the association and tried to elaborate more…

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      Energy companies make a beeline for central Vietnam

      An LNG tanker passes by the Strait of Singapore. Photo by Shutterstock/Igor Grochev. 23 Nov 20 VNExpress Source  Several foreign and domestic companies have expressed interest in building multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas power and storage plants in the central province of Khanh Hoa. Four foreign firms, Millennium Group of the U.S.,…

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