Note: Map shows dams in the Mekong River basin as of December 2018, the most recent data available. Because construction and financing details are not always disclosed, China may have been ...

At Mekong's Source In China, Past And Present Collide February 15, 2010 • The Mekong River, one of the world's longest waterways, has a long and turbulent history.

China also plans to make parts of the Mekong wider and deeper to fit larger vessels and increase commerce along the river. Right now, 100-ton boats unload cargo at Chiang Saen Port about 15 miles ...

The Mekong River produces fish when it flows free and clean electricity when it’s dammed. Therein lies the dilemma.

SOC TRANG, Vietnam, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta.

Infrastructural development that impacts the Mekong River also take place across different sectors apart from energy, such as agriculture and urban development.

On 22 September 2010, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) publicly announced that it had received “notification” from the government of Laos to build the Xayaboury dam in northern Laos. An assessment ...

The Mekong River and its biodiversity-rich tributaries — the lifeline for more than 60 million people in Southeast Asia — dropped to their lowest levels in a century last summer.

Two Mekong giant catfish called "trey riech," for royal fish in Khmer, were released in a ceremony at the confluence of Cambodia’s Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. The ceremonial release of these and ...

Journey along the Mekong River through southern Laos, from the region's highest point on the Bolaven Plateau down to its lowest, the idyllic 4,000 Islands. Discover ancient Buddhist temples, rice ...

“Twenty years ago, the Mekong was one of the last large healthy tropical systems,” says Marc Goichot, WWF-Greater Mekong Water Lead. “Today, water quality is degrading fast, last year’s drought was ...