CHIANG RAI, Thailand - Bean sprout farmer Orapin Waotikon describes life along the Mekong River as “throwing the dice”. At the crack of dawn every day, the 56-year-old woman heads to the river ...
VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has entered into a grant agreement with the Mekong River Commission (MRC), pledging up to US$5 million for ...
VIENTIANE/BERLIN (dpa): Researchers working in the Mekong region in South-East Asia ... to 3,623 the species discovered along the huge river since 1997. Among the strangest discoveries last ...