They’d trap much of the nutrient-rich sediment that now fertilizes delta fields and feeds fish throughout the Mekong system—which extends beyond the river itself. The boats that fish its ...

grypus in the Mekong River system.” The Mekong River runs for about 2,700 miles from southeastern China, along the border between Thailand and Laos, through Cambodia and Vietnam, and into the ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Midway through its epic 5,000-kilometer journey from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, the Mekong River forms the border between Laos and northeast Thailand.

Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice ...

The Mekong river system suffers from pollution and increasing construction, including the development of hydropower plants. "Monstrous hydropower plants cause crop failures for the rural ...

Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency ...

A new crop of factories requires roads, and that means sand. To keep up, the country is importing from Cambodia on a massive ...

Mekong's Forgotten Fishes, a new report published by WWF and ... food security and livelihoods of tens of millions people across the region as well as the overall health of the river system, but they ...

FILE - A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File ...