Thailand funded the first dam on the river in Laos, and it is Thai towns, farms and fisheries that are suffering. A boat drives through a shallow section of the Mekong River where sections of the ...

ON THE MEKONG RIVER — When the Chinese came to the village ... which includes a tributary that is the only river in the world that changes course seasonally. Cambodia also depends on China ...

No one will continue this' Like many living along Thailand's Loei River, a Mekong tributary that courses through the country's Chiang Khan region, Wachira Nantaprom has been fishing since he was a ...

A lifeblood flowing through the heart of Southeast Asia, the Mekong River sculpts its course across historically and culturally diverse environments. Originating in the Tibetan Plateau ...

Each of the four courses was almost too beautiful to ... As our Avalon Waterways journey on the Mekong ended, the river’s gentle current seemed to echo all we had seen: war and peace, tradition ...

The Mekong River is one of Asia’s longest and most ... Its influence is immense: over its 4,350-kilometer (2,700-mile) course, the Mekong drains a basin spanning hundreds of tributaries and ...

“(New development) brings, of course, the positive benefits of economic growth and energy production, but it also brings costs,” said Anoulak Kittikhoun, CEO of the Mekong River Commission.

During the summer monsoon rains, however, the Mekong River dramatically rises, with its floodwaters pushing up the Tonle Sap. This causes the Tonle Sap to reverse its course, making it one of only ...

Tests by Thailand’s Pollution Control Department have revealed that arsenic concentrations in the Kok River and tributaries ...

Over the course of a year, Panate’s team collected ... “All the countries that share the Mekong River must share the responsibility.” While just a glance at the Mekong indicates the scale ...

Of course, a major highlight is that you’ll get a chance to ... Steven Baron, a tourist from Australia’s Melbourne, said he was fascinated by the scenery along the Mekong River from Vietnam to ...

Holding a cylindrical container of sticks, gently shaking it, I feel like my future is in my hands... literally. Here in the ...