When finished next year, it will be the eighth dam on the Lancang River—China's name for its 1,300-mile stretch of the Mekong. In recent years Boontom and many others here have sold their ...

The Mekong Delta will disappear in the next several decades once Pak Beng Dam and another 10 planned hydropower dams are built on the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia, Townships along the Mekong ...

“While the headwaters of the Mekong in China are excessively wet, most of the lower Mekong region is experiencing ...

BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) – China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water ...

A new study by WWF on aquatic ecosystem connectivity reveals that the Mekong region could have equivalent power but dramatically less damage to river functioning by opting for tributary rather than ...

The Mekong is everybody's river. But when China released water from the dams, the river's level was raised by one metre overnight,' Niwat Roikaew, a leader of 'Love Chiang Khong', a Mekong ...

“This means it’s not the normal Mekong water. It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main ...

The letter refers to a meeting of the Mekong River Commission, which acknowledged the progress in the Pak Beng hydropower dam project to be built on the Mekong River in Oudomxai province of Laos ...

Many are under threat from climate change, overfishing, sand mining, and the more than 700 dams on the river. The Mekong River stretches 4,350km from the Tibetan Plateau through China, Myanmar ...

ALBAWABA - In Laos, near the historic town of Luang Prabang, a large dam is being constructed on the Mekong river. Critics are concerned that this $3 billion hydroelectric project will change the ...

Cambodia/ Vietnam, Apr 02 (ANI): The Mekong ranks ... mainstream dams and 120 dams on tributaries are planned, which scientists warn will imperil the already fragile river system.

An anti-dam protest at the Mekong School in Chiang Khong, Thailand. Credit: Chiang Khong Conservation In Chiang Khan, a picturesque Thai tourist town bordering the Mekong River, the new year ...