Law enforcement departments from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand conduct the "Vision 2024" joint crackdown action exercise against illegal activities in the Mekong River region in Muong Mom ...

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.

Tonle Sap River, Cambodia — Some of the world’s greatest animal migrations take place on land, like the wildebeests traversing the East African plains and caribou crossing the Alaskan tundra ...

A photo of the Mekong River at Luang Prabang, Laos, prior to the construction of the Xayaburi hydropower dam. This area now forms part of the tail of the dam’s reservoir.

SIEM PANG, Cambodia — “I remember seeing a buffalo, its head tied to a floating barrel, drifting down the river,” says Pheng Sisuwath, gesturing to the Sekong River from his stilt house in ...

Nearly 400 species only just discovered in Asia’s Greater Mekong region could soon become extinct due to loss of habitat caused by human activity, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a ...

Mekong migrations: Insights into fish movement in the lower Mekong from a large‐scale acoustic telemetry study. Fisheries Management and Ecology . doi: 10.1111/fme.12806 ...

‘Historic’ Funan Techo canal, a 180km project from the Mekong River to the coast, aims to reduce Cambodia’s transport dependence on Vietnam. Advertisement. China-Asean relations.

What threats does the Mekong River face? Unfortunately, the diversity and prosperity of the river is at risk. Unsustainable construction, fishing and resource extraction are pushing the Mekong to the ...

Despite hopeful signs from the May 2023 Thai general election, the outlook for politics in the Mekong region remains grim. Economically, Mekong countries have also struggled to recover their ...

Elaborate lacquered wooden covers for palm-leaf manuscripts . Cherished and revered for generations as a key Buddhist text originating in the central Mekong River Basin (particularly in northeastern ...