The Mekong River has risen to 10.70 metres in this northeastern province, just 1.3 metres below the critical overflow threshold of 12 metres, prompting urgent flood-prevention measures by local ...

This video documents a two-day river journey along the Mekong River from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang. The cruise passes through ...

Patrols involving China, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar embraced style over substance. It’s an instructive example for China’s ...

The Mekong River "ghost fish", believed to have been extinct, has been sighted three times in recent years, according to a new report published on Monday. According to the study published in ...

Mekong wetlands are often overlooked in conservation efforts, but new research shows they are essential to local ecosystems and economy. The 958-foot-tall Xiaowan Dam—the world’s sixth tallest ...

Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River is under threat. Chinese dams upriver and climate change are partly to blame, but dams downriver are also having an effect. And some countries are starting to ...

Explore the dynamics of hydropower development in Southeast Asia and China's evolving approach to its dam projects.

This giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus) is one of three rediscovered in Cambodia in Southeast Asia’s Mekong River system. The critically endangered megafish had not been spotted since 2005.

In this photo released by Zeb Hogan, USAID Wonders of the Mekong Project, people hold a Mekong giant catfish to release it in Mekong River in Kampong Cham, Cambodia on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.