Caring for the environment through Sufficiency Economy: a suggested model for eco-friendly development in Vietnam's Mekong delta region
Caring for the environment through Sufficiency Economy: a suggested model for eco-friendly development in Vietnam's Mekong delta region
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2018
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eng
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9 pages
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Conference Proceedings The International Conference on "Human philosophy of people in the Southern region, Vietnam" Nha Xuat Ban Dai Hoc Can Tho 2018, 12-20
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Among His Majesty The Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's several achievements is the recognition by the UN in 2007 of the Thai King's work with the Sufficiency Economy projects he initiated in the 1970's, which today have emerged as unique examples of how we in Asia, the Mekong sub-region in Vietnam and the world at large, can use natural and economic resources with moderation and balance to save the environment, while at the same time, building our immunity against greed and unbalanced materialistic growth. This paper addresses the core concepts of the Sufficiency Economy, the UNDP's evaluation of the Thai King's Sufficiency Economy theory, and the paper reveals and discusses field study notes done by the Assumption University Undergraduate students on their perceptions on the concept and application of Sufficiency Economy. Finally, a brief linkage will be made between Sufficiency thinking and recent Catholic Social Thought on the environment and related matters in tandem with suggested model for development in the Mekong delta region.