Fisheries conservation officials from the agriculture ministry have urged fishermen to monitor and rescue Mekong dolphins during the rainy season when rising river levels put the dolphins at risk.

As the Mekong River swells during this year’s rainy season, the water level has crept into tributaries and canals, causing localised flooding in areas near the river. Although the situation has ...

VIENTIANE: In what the Mekong River Commission (MRC) have referred to as “a landmark event” for Mekong cooperation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada made an official visit to the MRC ...

The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on its way from its headwaters to the sea, sustaining the world’s largest inland fishery and abundant padi fields on ...

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their ...

A floating market on the downstream part of the Mekong River in Chau Doc, Vietnam, on Dec 17, 2018. (Photo: NYT) Today, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Mekong River ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) kicked off the second round of talks on water security in Vientiane, Laos, on September 18. Vientiane (VNA ...

But as it turned out, the mighty Mekong river had other ideas. Thankfully, when it transpired that low water levels in Laos had made a trip in any boat larger than a rice barge virtually ...

The flooding has heightened public and policymaker scrutiny of plans to build a major hydropower dam spanning the Mekong River at Pak Beng in Oudomxay province in Laos. Experts warn the dam ...

The Mekong River flows from China through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It supports a fishery that accounts ...