This story appears in the May 2015 issue of National Geographic ... Dam construction on the lower Mekong is overseen, nominally, by the Mekong River Commission (MRC). Funded by international ...

In spite of many political obstacles, four southeast Asian nations helped by 14 others under UN auspices are engaged in thorough advance planning for a historic experiment in river development ...

Mekong's Forgotten Fishes, a new report published by WWF and Global Water Center, in tandem with 24 other local, regional and global Mekong-based organizations, details the extraordinary variety of ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Laos has been keeping a close eye on the Mekong River and its main tributaries as water levels have risen after continuous heavy rainfalls, while people living near rivers have ...

Gold mining in Myanmar’s Kok River region is causing significant environmental and public health concerns for Chiang Rai and ...

They now are only found in South-East Asia's Mekong River but in the past inhabited the length of the 4,900-km (3,044 mile)-long river, all the way from its outlet in Vietnam to its northern ...

Heritage Line The slow, tranquil sojourn along the lower Mekong River, cruising through rural Cambodia and Vietnam’s backwaters, felt more like being on a 19th-century yacht than a modern cruise ...

A document submitted in August 2023 to the Mekong River Commission an organisation formed for cooperation on issues regarding the Mekong does not mention using water from the canal for irrigation ...

The Mekong River Commission, which provides dispute resolution ... on water resources as Asean gives it the leverage to raise issues that have long gone unresolved. In addition, Asean's dispute ...

Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiamphong reaffirmed the strong relationship between Thailand and Cambodia at all levels.