The beating heart of the delta is the Mekong river, which stretches from the Plateau of Tibet to the South China Sea. The ...

“You have to in some sense look at the Mekong as a game board, one where you can decide to put a dam here and not there and by doing so maintain the ecological functioning of the whole river basin.

The policy-making body of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has elected a new chief executive. Busadee Santipitaks of ...

Cambodia views collaboration across the Lancang-Mekong Basin as essential not only for water control but also for fostering stability in the region and ensuring sustainable growth and mutual ...

River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main artery, winds 4,900km through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Its basin is dotted with 190 ...

The U.S. State Department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pacific Ocean Division (POD) will host the 12th Mekong ...

Luang Prabang dam and massive hydropower quests along the Mekong: Should banks be financing them as ‘clean energy’ projects?

The 4th Mekong-Ganga Dhamma Yatra, a significant pilgrimage connecting India and Southeast Asia, will begin on December 6 ...

As babies, they feed on zooplankton in the river and are known to be cannibalistic ... These giant catfish were once plentiful throughout the Mekong basin, but their numbers are believed to ...

The Mekong River "ghost fish", believed to have been extinct, has been sighted three times in recent years, according to a ...