It's a long way to the source of the Mekong: a three-day journey by four-wheel drive from the nearest airport in the city of Xining, about 825 miles southwest of Beijing, and then another day on ...

Five years after the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos began operations, the cost of Mekong hydropower is becoming ever more clear. A photo of the Mekong River at Luang Prabang, Laos, prior to the ...

Climate vulnerability threatens the future of the Mekong Delta, leading to increased floods, droughts and challenges in farming. Migration from the delta to cities is increasing as residents seek ...

(Reuters) -Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, said the body ...

A fishermen near the Khone Phapheng Falls (Khone Falls) along the Mekong River in Laos. In my previous post, I summarized many of the superlatives of fish and fisheries from the Mekong River in ...

Hydropower dams planned for the lower mainstem of the Mekong River could decimate fish populations and with them the primary source of protein for 60 million people. The impact of the dams would ...

Sumitomo Corp has acquired a 49% stake in Mekong Electric Power Engineering and Development JSC, owners of a run-of-river ...

KUNMING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Law enforcement authorities from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on Tuesday launched their 158th joint Mekong River patrol mission to combat cross-border crime.