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.

Transportation and logistics sector lends support to global efforts tackling wildlife crime
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:45pm

Representatives from across the transportation and logistics sector today joined customs officials, supply chain experts and wildlife professionals for the start of a two-day consultative workshop to find actionable solutions to deter wildlife smuggling activities while strengthening supply chains and corporate policies.

Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 4:45am

Seventy-three Vietnamese airport officials took part in a new global training program in Hanoi this week to help stop illegal wildlife trafficking through airports.

USAID RDMA Director Michael Yates presents awards to the winner and finalists of the Mobiles for Development Forum Asia 2015 in
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 4:00am

An innovative mobile healthcare application that connects rural patients to doctors has won this year’s U.S. Agency for International Development/Regional Development Mission for Asia’s (USAID RDMA) Mobiles for Development (M4D) Award. The contest, now in its second year, recognizes mobile services in Southeast Asia that have the potential to improve development outcomes in climate change, food security, health, governance, biodiversity or fisheries.

Michael Yates, center, director of the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia, congratulates Praphan Phanuphak, director of
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 2:45am

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a five-year program to help develop stronger research methods to study the effectiveness of ongoing programs and generate data that can lead to better health policies at the community level across Asia.

Friday, January 9, 2015 - 3:30am

- U.S. Ambassador to Laos Daniel Clune announced two new initiatives totaling $6.5 million dollars to assist the estimated 70,000 people in Lao PDR who report that they live with a disability.

USAID Supports Asia Social Enterprises through Shujog Impact Investment Grant.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 1:15am

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a new partnership to help small enterprises access funding to strengthen poor and vulnerable communities in Asia through impact investment.

USAID launches a gender sourcebook for design of development projects in Bangkok.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 5:15am

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Development Mission for Asia launched an online gender sourcebook for engineers, economists, social scientists, local government officials and other specialists who design large-scale climate change adaptation projects for funding. Using the sourcebook can help ensure that climate funding is channeled toward improving the status of women in some of the least developed countries in Asia and the Pacific.

 

Winners of the 2014 ImagineCup celebrate in Bangkok.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 5:00am

The Microsoft Imagine Cup Thailand, the annual student technology competition, today announced a call for applications for the 2015 competition.  Organized by Microsoft (Thailand) Limited, together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Imagine Cup Thailand 2015 will include the global World Citizenship and Games competitions, as well as new challenges specially for students in Thailand: the Windows App Studio Junior Challenge and App for Office 365 Challenge.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 8:45pm

BANGKOK, November 18, 2014 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a new project to train hundreds of instructors and students to prepare youth for employment in the Lower Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

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