Press Releases

Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 6:30am

BANGKOK — Under the Feed the Future initiative in Asia, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is building a diverse regional agricultural innovation community to test, adapt and share the latest practices and technologies with smallholder farmers in South and Southeast Asia’s emerging markets, with a focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia and Nepal.

On September 13 and14, 2017, this community came together in Bangkok at the Tech4Farmers Asia Challenge 2.0 event to explore issues that impact agricultural innovations reaching smallholder famers. This event focused on exploring ways to increase access to markets, identifying opportunities for finance and investment and highlighting efforts aimed at improving the enabling environment.

Lao government signs a memorandum of understanding with Save the Children as they work with the U.S. Government to reduce child stunting.
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 4:30am

The United States and the Lao PDR are working to reduce child stunting through USAID Nurture, a $3.7 million United States Government development project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. On February 3, the Lao government signed a memorandum of understanding with Save the Children, the prime implementing partner for the program.

U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Glyn T. Davies attends a memorandum of understanding signing between USAID and Chulalongkorn University to collaborate on renewable energy planning and policy development in the Lower Mekong region.
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 4:00am

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Chulalongkorn University, one of Thailand’s leading universities, signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on renewable energy planning and policy development in the Lower Mekong region. The partnership will focus on studying the impact of distributed solar energy pilot programs in order to promote the use of renewable energy resources in the region.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 3:00am

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new regional program to combat human trafficking in Asia. USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia awarded the five-year, $21.5 million USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons (USAID Asia CTIP) program to Winrock International, a U.S.-based development organization.

United States Announce Winner of  2016 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 10:00pm

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with UL, a global safety science organization, announced Dr. Worajit Setthapun of Thailand as the winner of the 2016 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women. She was honored at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science in Technology in Cambodia for her groundbreaking work in sustainable energy research benefiting the ASEAN region.

U.S. Paves the Way for Let Girls Learn Initiative in Laos
Friday, October 7, 2016 - 5:30am

 Susan Markham, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today wrapped up a five-day visit to Lao PDR during which she met Lao education officials and visited schools to pave the way for the expansion of the U.S. Government's Let Girls Learn initiative to Laos, which President Obama announced during his visit last month.

USAID and YSEALI Announce Top Three Youth Teams in Food Innovation Challenge 2016
Monday, October 3, 2016 - 2:15am

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) today announced the top three youth teams to present their technology-based solutions at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology in late October.

Friday, September 16, 2016 - 5:30am

BANGKOK, September 16, 2016 – A five-year, U.S.-sponsored program to combat wildlife trafficking in Asia has significantly increased law enforcement collaboration and public awareness while reducing endangered species sales in several hotspots, experts announced at a press conference in Bangkok yesterday. 

USAID Program to Combat Wildlife Trafficking in Asia
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 6:00am

On September 8, President Barack Obama announced a new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative to help address wildlife trafficking in Asia by reducing demand and expanding international cooperation. The USAID Wildlife Asia project will also collaborate with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to enhance enforcement of wildlife laws.

USAID Clean Power Asia
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 3:45am

On September 8, President Barack Obama announced the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) new initiative to help countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region attract greater and more diverse sources of investment for renewable energy sources.

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