The Mekong River is a regional life source. There's only one country to blame for its crisis, critics say . CHIANG KHONG, Thailand — For Pianporn Deetes, the Mekong is more than a river. “This is not ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Mekong River has provided a unique way of living for the 700 million people along its banks but that is all changing. For millenia, the Mekong has provided food, commerce and ...
Slip into the slow pace of life in Laos, where a new Mekong cruise follows the river’s course past the pagoda-studded world heritage city of Luang Prabang, into a less-explored stretch of the waterway ...
Life along the Mekong River is changing rapidly. Dams, illegal fishing, and increased salination through climate change and drought are threatening the food security of 70 million people who live ...
CHIANG KHONG, Thailand — For Pianporn Deetes, the Mekong is more than a river. “This is not just liquid, but this is the entire life-supporting system,” Deetes, a local activist, said recently on a ...
Stepping onto The Jahan for a cruise down the Mekong River gives the feeling that you’ve just stepped into a movie set. Named after Shah Jahan — the Mughal ruler who built the Taj Mahal — the ship is ...
The Mekong Delta, often referred to as the "rice basket of Vietnam," is a region where rivers weave through rice paddies, ...
Two Mekong giant catfish called "trey riech" (for royal fish) in Khmer, a critically endangered species, were released in a ceremony at the confluence of Cambodia’s Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. The ...
The first River Culture Festival, themed “Colours of River Life”, opened on Saturday in Can Tho City, portraying the city’s ...
The AmaDara docked on the shores of Kumong Cham, Cambodia. Photo Credit: Nicole Edenedo ABOARD THE AMADARA -- Changes may be coming to the top deck and pool area of the AmaDara's sister ship, the ...
A photograph of a dried riverbed along the Mekong River taken in March 2020, at the height of last year’s dry season. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has urged China and its Southeast Asian member ...