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.

USAID and partners Microsoft, IOM and IOMX launch a crowdfunding portal, 6degree.org, during the Regional Conference on ICT to C
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 4:15am

The U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Nina Hachigian, joined Microsoft, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and UN Agencies at a conference in Bangkok on June 23 and 24 to highlight the role that technology plays in inspiring new approaches to preventing trafficking in persons, protecting the victims and prosecuting the perpetrators.

Thailand-U.S. Launch Test, Treat, and Prevent HIV Project Partnership Responding to HIV Epidemic among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 3:15am

Today, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health with the support of its U.S. partners, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC), launched a new initiative to increase HIV testing and treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (TG) women in Thailand.

Women Entrepreneurs Strengthen Market through ‘GREAT Women in  ASEAN’ Brand
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 10:30pm

Women entrepreneurs from around the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region this week launched the Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of women (GREAT Women) in ASEAN initiative to promote their products for greater sales and business growth that can employ more workers and improve livelihoods.

USAID will conduct teacher trainings at universities and vocational colleges to strengthen workforce readiness.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 3:30am

Businesses in the Lower Mekong say post-secondary schools are not adequately preparing graduates for the local job market, according to a new survey conducted by a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported project.

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 12:00am

HANOI, May 14, 2015 – In a ground-breaking agreement, government officials and civil society representatives from across the Mekong region established a working group to develop a regional public participation guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) this week in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Nina Hachigian, center, discusses technology with Victor M
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 7:45am

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a new partnership with U.S.-based corporation, National Instruments (NI), to provide hands-on training to aspiring young scientists and engineers in the Lower Mekong sub-region and to empower them with technical skills to help grow the region’s workforce.

Going Beyond the Lab: ASEAN-U.S. Science and Technology Fellowship Integrates Scientists into Policymaking
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 3:15am

JAKARTA, May 4, 2015 –  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Science and Technology and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN today announced a second group of fellowships to ASEAN scientists to further drive policy debates and data-based decision making to address some of the region’s most challenging development issues.

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’affaires W. Patrick Murphy, center, presents USAID Special Award to team Len for its innovate app to provi
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 6:15am

Today, tech savvy Thai university students with an innovative mobile solution to help fish farmers monitor key data have won this year’s Students with Solutions prize awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development in the World Citizen Competition of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Thailand.

Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 4:45am

Professors from six Lao universities gathered in Vientiane on April 1 and 2 to advance climate change education in the country by launching a climate change curriculum developed with support from the U.S. Government. 

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