Mekong River at its lowest in 100 years, threatening food supply. A combination of drought and controversial upstream water politics is setting up Southeast Asia for potential disaster.

Flowing more than 4,300 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to Vietnam, the Mekong River is the lifeblood of the region. It also faces a spiraling problem with plastic.

BANGKOK, March 4 (Reuters) - Unsustainable development threatens the health and diverse fish populations of the Mekong river, with one-fifth of fish species in Southeast Asia's main artery facing ...

KEVIN KNODELL / [email protected]. Mekong River Commission CEO Anoulak Kittikhoun, left, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division commander Brig. Gen. Kirk Gibbs toured ...

Two Mekong giant catfish called "trey riech" (for royal fish) in Khmer, a critically endangered species, were released in a ceremony at the confluence of Cambodia’s Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. The ...

Recent tests by Thai government agencies have revealed alarmingly high levels of pollutants in a number of rivers across ...

The Mekong giant catfish is woven into the region's cultural fabric, depicted in 3,000-year-old cave paintings, revered in folklore and considered a symbol of the river, whose fisheries feed ...

Cambodia has launched a controversial canal project to link the Mekong River to the sea. Work on the $1.7bn project kicked off on Monday. Phnom Penh hopes the canal will boost the country’s economy.

The Mekong River "ghost fish", believed to have been extinct, has been sighted three times in recent years, according to a new report published on Monday. According to the study published in ...

Cambodian fishermen caught two fish in the Mekong River, measuring between 11 and 13 pounds and two to three feet long. This time researchers were able to purchase and examine the fish for themselves.

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