China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'
Those who live by the Mekong collecting river weed for decades, but their harvest has fallen since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.
Wed Mar 22 2023
Mekong villagers land heaviest ever freshwater fish
Cambodian villagers caught a stingray that weighed in at 300kg which took around a dozen men to haul to shore.
Tue Jun 21 2022
China's wild elephants seek room to roam as habitats shrink
The Jinghong Hydropower Plant has made the Mekong river, impossible for elephants to cross, further fragmenting their habitats.
Tue Jul 20 2021
Faced with climate challenges, Vietnamese rice farmers switch to shrimp
The switch to shrimp from rice, however, comes with its own host of environmental problems.
Thu May 06 2021
Mekong River at 'worrying' low level amid calls for more Chinese dam data
Low rainfall and dams on the Lower Mekong and tributaries also contributed to the drop in levels.
Fri Feb 12 2021
14 Laos plane crash victims identified
Lao Airlines on Saturday said it had identified almost half of the 32 bodies so far recovered after a plane carrying dozens of people, many of them foreign travellers, plunged into the Mekong River.
Sat Oct 19 2013
Search for bodies after deadly Laos plane crash
A Lao Airlines plane carrying 49 people from the capital Vientiane to the southern town of Pakse crashed killing all on board.
Thu Oct 17 2013
Ashes of Cambodia's ex-king lowered into river
Cambodians lined the banks of the Mekong River on Tuesday as the ashes of their revered former King Norodom Sihanouk were lowered into the murky water a day after his cremation in Phnom Penh.
Tue Feb 05 2013