| 单词 | Mekong |
| 例句 | On December 23, Ellsberg flew by helicopter to the Mekong Delta, south of Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In December, Meng tells me we will relocate to Long Deang to live on a houseboat with one of Eang’s sisters and her family in the lower end of the Mekong Delta. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the Mekong River, I see orange and gold pointed temple roofs and towers erected on muddy red topsoil. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Its wooden body is worn and old as the small engine chugs slowly along the Mekong River. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For its fall issue, Mekong Review expanded its editorial focus beyond mainland Southeast Asia — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam — to include Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Frank Harvey, in “Air War — Vietnam,” recounts with the power of anecdotal narrative the casual destruction of peasant hamlets in the Mekong Delta by the United States Air Force. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It was here that French colonists were unable to navigate ships up the Mekong to southwest China without building a small railroad across Don Khon and Don Det. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Like many of your previous films, “Mekong Hotel” was shot in the northeastern region of Thailand where you grew up. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Living (and Filming) in Hotels 2012-05-21T12:00:43Z The king of Siam even issued their death warrants before forgetting about them, leaving them to grow up as healthy, active boys on the Mekong River. Who Were the Original Siamese Twins? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But the kitchen also dabbles in Laotian food — not a stretch considering much of the Mekong River is as Laotian as it is Cambodian. 8 Portland, Ore., Meals for $8 or Under 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The dam would be the first along the main stream of the Mekong in Southeast Asia. Work restarts at Xayaburi dam in Laos -project leader 2012-08-16T08:52:20Z It is the first of 11 dams planned in the lower Mekong that are projected to generate 8 percent of energy-hungry Southeast Asia's power by 2025. Work restarts at Xayaburi dam in Laos -project leader 2012-08-16T08:52:20Z The project, the 20-suite riverboat Aqua Mekong built in Ho Chi Minh City, started sailing on the Mekong River between Cambodia and Vietnam Tuesday. Rolling on the (Mekong) River 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z And he pointed at a painting he was doing in a sort of sickly green and said, “Look at that one. It’s Mekong Delta green. Isn’t that enough?” When Walter Hopps Met Andy Warhol and Frank Stella 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Initial sailings in Laos, Thailand and Myanmar are sold out, but beginning in February 2016, the ship will begin making sailings on the upper Mekong into China for the first time. Cruise and Air Travel News: Mekong Cruises, Caribbean Flights 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z He devoted himself to fighting flatworms in children living along the Mekong River. Lawrence Wright’s New Pandemic Novel Wasn’t Supposed to Be Prophetic 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Finally, a surprise: Mekong rat, a delicacy in the south. Asia-Pacific Issue | Choice Tables: In Vietnam, Cauldrons on Every Corner 2010-03-17T15:21:00Z Despite its creator’s unmistakable imprint, I suspect many will react to “Mekong Hotel” as I did, with appreciation but a growing sense of impatience. ‘Mekong Hotel’: a meditation on love, past lives | Movie review 2012-12-06T22:07:09Z Attached to the eponymous Riverside Hotel, this alfresco restaurant offers sweeping views of the Mekong, postcard-worthy sunsets and a mixture of Thai, Laotian and Western-style food. Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The answer was Yunnan province, which borders Tibet, Myanmar and Vietnam and where the Mekong River snakes through the mountains at more than 6,560 feet above sea level. Coming to America: A ‘world-class’ wine born near Shangri-La 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The three-story building overlooks the Mekong River and is conveniently located next to the boat pier. Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Moving south, Pakse opens the door to the dreamy tail of Laos, and the 4,000 islands cradled in the many arms of the Mekong. Laos holiday guide: plan the perfect two-week trip 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The Indonesia-based author of “The Mountains Sing” was born in northern Vietnam but grew up in a southern coastal province in the Mekong Delta. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z But one top-selling magazine there was founded in Phnom Penh and takes its name — Mekong Review — from the mighty river that runs beside the city’s low-rise downtown. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It suggests an eerie consonance between life near the mouth of the Mississippi and life near the mouth of the Mekong, 9,500 miles away. The Propeller Group Brings a Phantasmagorical Vietnam to James Cohan 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Freshly arrived in Cannes on Friday afternoon Mr. Apichatpong made time for a brief interview before the official screening of “Mekong Hotel” at the Palais des Festivals. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Living (and Filming) in Hotels 2012-05-21T12:00:43Z While residing closer to nature, guests of the tent suites have access to the resort’s many amenities: a pool, tented spa villas, restaurant and activities such as cooking classes and Mekong River cruises. Glamping Slips Into the Mainstream 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z To see the temple and this stretch of the Mekong, my wife, 3-year-old daughter and I based ourselves for three nights at a new riverside hotel outside the town of Champasak. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z This spin is part of a “mirage on the Mekong”, Mr Strangio writes, a jab at the naive “miracle on the Mekong” phrase that was bandied about during the elections in 1998. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Can you say a bit about the script for the unfilmed “Ecstasy Garden,” parts of which are enacted in “Mekong Hotel”? ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Living (and Filming) in Hotels 2012-05-21T12:00:43Z This year also sees the opening of the 148-room Rosewood Hotel on the top 14 floors of the Vattanac Capital Tower with views of the Mekong River. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Did you know that in Cambodia the start of the rainy season brings the overflowing of the Tonle Sap tributary of the Mekong River, which is actually a good thing? Theater Review | 'A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick': At Playwrights Horizons, the Politics of Water 2010-03-29T04:37:00Z Edited excerpts from the conversation follow: What was the context in which you made “Mekong Hotel” — I understand it was a commission from the European television network Arte? ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Living (and Filming) in Hotels 2012-05-21T12:00:43Z It does, however, include as an extra Mr. Weerasethakul’s short feature “Mekong Hotel,” a gentle ghost story — possibly the ghost of an unfinished project — made in 2012. The Power of Memories: ‘Muriel’ and ‘Cemetery of Splendor’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Late one night, they took a bus to a hut outside the city, she recalled, where they met smugglers who eluded patrols to take them by boat across the Mekong into Thailand. She taught D.C. to respect Lao food. Now she’s evangelizing in Laos, too. 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z From his Khmer Mekong Films studios here, Matthew Robinson and his staff create made-for-television tales of everyday people living exceptional lives. Television: Cambodians Get a Taste of Western Television 2011-06-01T15:26:40Z Lou replies stoically that he served two tours on a swift boat in the Mekong Delta. Ronald Reagan’s hollow sales pitch: In “Fargo’s” fading American dream, 1979 feels more relevant than ever 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The River Resort consisted of two-story luxury buildings along the west bank of the Mekong, with a large room on each floor. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Most were modest in scale, sometimes featuring a hotel, but all followed the same formula: deploy fleets of boats to ferry gamblers along the Mekong River, mainly from China but also Thailand. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z On a packed bus lumbering through the Mekong River delta, Yael was passed from rider to rider, each one planting kisses on her cheek and pinching her chubby thighs. Journeys: Traveling in Southeast Asia With a Rock-Star Baby 2010-12-17T20:45:37Z While on a mission in the Mekong Delta in February 1967, he was racing to board a helicopter under sniper fire when he stepped on a mine. Jesse Treviño, Chicano Artist Whose Muse Was San Antonio, Dies at 76 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Itineraries include sailings on the Mekong and Irrawaddy rivers. This week’s best travel deals In mid-August, I was in Ho Chi Minh City and visited the shipyard where the Aqua Mekong was being finished, across from Cat Lai, one of the city’s main port terminals. Rolling on the (Mekong) River 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Minh Bui Jones, Mekong Review’s founding editor and publisher, said he saw the magazine as a vehicle for cross-border connections in a region that lacks a sense of a shared historical narrative. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z We were introduced to seemingly every infant living between the Mekong River and the South China Sea. Journeys: Traveling in Southeast Asia With a Rock-Star Baby 2010-12-17T20:45:37Z Mekong figures in national “best beer bar” polls by the likes of USA Today, Thrillist and more. For a sip of Richmond’s exploding beer scene, head to one neighborhood 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The outdoor workroom in a lush garden not far from the mighty Mekong River seems a world apart from Paris. The Woven Art of Laos 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Bui Jones said that he started Mekong Review in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, because the riverside city of 1.7 million was a magnet for talented writers who were hungry for adventures and bylines. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z “The Mekong is so full of culture,” he said. Rolling on the (Mekong) River 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z They were on a five-month Asian adventure and had tales of Airbnbs in Java and lost ferries in the Mekong Delta. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z By the Mekong River, a young boy wakes up with the sunrise, waits for the tide to come in and gets into his little open boat. A Back-to-School Book List for the Ages 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z He asked me to join him on the Mekong. Modern Love: Modern Love ? The Trophy Wife 2011-09-01T21:58:18Z In the front room at Cohan is “The Living Need Light, the Dead Need Music,” a 21-minute film that takes as its point of departure the fantastical funeral rites of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The Propeller Group Brings a Phantasmagorical Vietnam to James Cohan 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z We caught up with Simpson by phone in Thailand, where, for the moment, he is working with ordinary canines on the drug thriller “Operation Mekong.” ‘Wolf Totem’ trainer talks about working with ornery animal actors 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Now that transmission of stories and beliefs and ideas was continuing here, like the flow of the Mekong, in the shadow of one of the most beautiful of those temples. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The film was shot in some of the rooms, and on the terrace, of the Mekong hotel, overlooking the perennially swollen Mekong river, which divides Thailand from Laos. Cannes 2012: Mekong Hotel ? review 2012-05-18T12:21:39Z The hotel will occupy the top 14 floors in the Vattanac Capital Tower One, Phnom Penh’s tallest building, which is shaped like a rising dragon with panoramas of the city skyline and Mekong River. 8 New Destination Hotels for 2016 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z We faced the mountain ridge, our backs to the waters of the Mekong River, looking for the chamber. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z It connects the lake to the Mekong, switching directions as those waters rise and fall. In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z She wrote of the Mekong River: “It carries everything along, straw huts, forests, burned-out fires, dead birds, dead dogs, drowned tigers and buffaloes, drowned men.” Marguerite Duras’s ‘The Lover,’ and Notebooks That Enrich It 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z So I found myself floating down the Mekong beside him, interviewing farmers on the riverbanks, writing on boat decks, swimming in pools lighted by the grand wings of former French colonial mansions. Modern Love: Modern Love ? The Trophy Wife 2011-09-01T21:58:18Z There's also The Water Brothers, which sees the siblings venture down the Mekong river system, and David Attenborough, with his 3D double-bill of Kingdom Of Plants and Flying Monsters. This week's new film events 2012-10-12T23:05:39Z He interviewed troops in the field and even participated in operations against the Viet Cong when the grunts he was accompanying came under attack in the Mekong Delta. Vietnam War reporter Michael Herr, who helped write ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ dies at 76 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z She and her mother and brothers were taken to the Mekong River. In praise of refugee chefs: They came from Syria, but they represent an American ideal 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z A young man sent from the River Resort then drove us the half-hour from Pakse to the hotel, built along the Mekong. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Davidson had a broad palate – from trifle and Yorkshire pudding to Mekong catfish served with chocolate sauce. The Berlusconi Show and The Man Who Ate Everything | TV review 2010-03-18T06:45:00Z A survey of refugees commissioned later that year by the Pentagon indicated that 54 percent of those in Dinhtuong Province in the Mekong Delta were fleeing their hamlets in fear of bombing and shelling. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He then bathed in them, rubbing the fouled, distant water of the monsoons, of the Mekong, deep into his dreadlocks, smooth face, rough tattoos and hard abdominals. Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z The first two, in documentary mode, focus on Western colonialism and the impact of environmental degradation on the country’s chief waterway, the Mekong River. New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Many escaped by crossing the Mekong River, arriving at refugee camps in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. Once Obscured in the U.S., Lao Cooks Share and Celebrate Their Cuisine 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Paul Tran speaks of his family’s feeling of dislocation, the “grief of geography,” as they flee the Mekong Delta for the United States, and Franny Choi wearies of hearing her name “butchered by hammerhead tongues.” Review | Three inspiring books for young readers, from preschool to high school 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The story cited a recent visit by Ballast Point officials to Mekong, a local restaurant in the process of adding a brewpub. Why large West Coast breweries are building East Coast plants 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Open-air restaurants and cafes along the Mekong River had giant fans that made the climate bearable. Tips for Summer Living 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z With “Mekong Hotel” we shot on video, which is what I use for the artworks. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Living (and Filming) in Hotels 2012-05-21T12:00:43Z Mr. Bui Jones said that Mekong Review stays afloat mainly thanks to a few loyal advertisers, including Marou, a gourmet chocolate company in Ho Chi Minh City. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z A great cause aside, the wood-fired pizzas, organic Hmong food and barbecued Mekong fish won’t disappoint. Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Diqing is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a Unesco World Heritage Site, where the Yangtze, Mekong and Salween Rivers run roughly parallel, through steep gorges. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z This stretch of the Mekong was filled with small islets and rocks. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The festival also marks the reversal of flow between the Tonle Sap and the Mekong River, signaling the end of the monsoon season. Rivers turn as dragon boats mark end of Cambodia's monsoon season 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Even if Laos was an authoritarian state, it was still the land of the Mekong, with palm trees lining the riverbanks, freshwater dolphins swimming between islets and fishermen casting nets over the side of skiffs. Along the Mekong River, a Timeless Place Where Time Marches On 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z We lived in a town called Khemmarat on the Mekong River. What a Trip: In rural Thailand, teaching as a route to learning The Aqua Mekong is an angular, modernist 200-foot vessel with a striking black hull and the appearance of an haute-design houseboat. Rolling on the (Mekong) River 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The festival also marks the reversal of flow between the Tonle Sap and the Mekong River, signaling the end of the monsoon season. Rivers turn as dragon boats mark end of Cambodia's monsoon season 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z But the walk-through Vietnam Experience — portraying a Mekong Delta naval support base and a Marine artillery base set in Khe Sanh — is a tourism outlier. Outside Charleston, three acres of Vietnam live in South Carolina’s Lowcountry 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z He was about to embark on a 10-day reporting trip down the Mekong River through southwestern China and into Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Modern Love: Modern Love ? The Trophy Wife 2011-09-01T21:58:18Z As I sit at my loom overlooking the Mekong River in Laos, the gray-blue water and jade-green trees distract me from the melon-colored silk I’ve spent the morning weaving. Forget souvenir shopping; these destinations let you craft your own meaningful memento 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z One of the most visually appealing works is an installation by the Vietnamese artist Tiffany Chung, who as a small child experienced firsthand the 1978 flooding of the Mekong River. Art: Definitions of Home at the Singapore Biennale 2011-03-21T15:00:05Z The 25 resident elephants are integrated into every component of your stay: they greet you upon arrival, assist you in elephant yoga classes, and are your partners in crime for sunset treks overlooking the Mekong. The Top Places Travel Experts Want to Go to Next 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Grasshopper Adventures is offering 20 percent off two departures of its Mekong Bike & Boat Adventure in Vietnam and Cambodia. Travel deals: Freebies for kids in Santa Fe and $1,000 cruises in Europe 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z After consulting his prophet in Nigeria, he paid a Khmer boy to collect two bottles of water, one from the Mekong River and another from a filthy urban lake. Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z In a village lying close to the Mekong River, Weerapon "Golf" Lapchan sits in the centre of a group of Thai elders as they tie white threads around his wrists and chant. The Thais caught up in the Israel-Gaza war 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The Agriculture Ministry says it’s working to increase how much land in the Mekong Delta is dedicated to growing rice by around 500 square kilometers — an area larger than 90,000 football fields. Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerable 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Scientists tagged the world’s recorded largest freshwater fish — a stingray — in the Mekong River in Cambodia last year. Your Monday Briefing: A Major Vote in Israel 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z But one recent episode surprised scientists: A massive stingray was pulled out of the Mekong River by Cambodian fishermen last year. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Late one night last summer, Seila Chea got an urgent call from a fisherman on the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Today, Vietnam is preparing to take nearly 250,000 acres of land in the Mekong Delta, its rice bowl, out of production. Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the world 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Even farther to the south, people known as the Khmers had made the Mekong River delta their home by the early centuries of the common era. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z I grew up in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam, and I saw Amerasians in my neighborhood who were bullied, who didn’t go to school, and I was haunted by them. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The discovery was surprising because the species, known as the giant freshwater stingray, like many of the other big fish of the Mekong, is listed as endangered. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Chea, project manager for the Wonders of The Mekong initiative, quickly organized a posse that sped out to the river to bargain for the creature’s life. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Climate change is partly to blame, but also dams upstream on the Mekong River that choke the flow of fresh water. Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the world 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Many Southeast Asian regions adopted it, from what is now Thailand up to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and down to Java. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Duangphet’s ashes are scheduled to be scattered in the Mekong River on Monday. Funeral of Thai ‘cave boy’ who died in UK ends with prayers 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z In the Mekong, all of the other big fish are on the brink of extinction. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z In the months since Boramy’s release, the team, working with the Joint Environmental Monitoring Programme of the Mekong River Commission, has tagged nearly 300 more fish from 27 species in Cambodia and Laos. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z At the same time, though, the Mekong River was reshaped by human hands. Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the world 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Beijing has choked off fresh water to Vietnam’s Mekong River and muddled around in Myanmar and Pakistan. Army secretary, top general push for bigger role as China tensions surge 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The two took an overnight trip to a supposedly safe village in the Mekong Delta, in the country’s south. James G. Lowenstein, Whose Reports Questioned Vietnam War, Dies at 95 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “And what can we learn from them about saving the Mekong system as a whole?” How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z “It leaves me more optimistic that the incredible concentration of fish diversity in the Mekong can be saved.” World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z In the Mekong Delta, farmers went on to produce as many as three harvests a year, feeding millions at home and abroad. Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the world 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z He had gone to the Mekong Delta, a center of guerrilla fighting, and stayed at a settlement that was reputed to be safe for a visiting dignitary. James Lowenstein dies at 95; his Senate reports challenged Vietnam War claims 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Dams built by China on the Mekong river have also disrupted the flow of sediment into downstream countries, transforming the landscape and jeopardising the livelihoods of millions of farmers, according to Reuters research last year. World's dams to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050 - UN research 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Overall, the Mekong is increasingly threatened by dams, and also by overfishing, sand extraction, pollution and climate change. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The Mekong River and its 1000 or so known fish species support the world’s largest inland fishery. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The green patchwork of the Mekong Delta became its most prized rice region. Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the world 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z "We are trying our best. We cannot tell the boy's condition yet," one rescuer at the bridge construction site in the Mekong delta told AFP news agency. Rescuers race to free Vietnamese boy trapped in shaft 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z The calamity occurred at a bridge construction site in the Mekong delta province where the boy had been searching with friends for scrap iron. Rescuers in Vietnam try to save boy trapped in concrete pile 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Boramy’s short-range tendencies stand in sharp contrast to other large species in the river, like the Mekong giant catfish, which can migrate 600 miles or more to spawn and feed. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z But dozens of hydropower dams in the Lower Mekong Basin have taken a toll, fragmenting habitat, reducing water quality, and crimping migrations. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Seng Teak, WWF Cambodia director, said in the statement that without immediate action “the recent increase in illegal fishing activities in the dolphin conservation areas” would destroy the Mekong River dolphin population in Cambodia. Deaths of 3 endangered Cambodian dolphins raise alarm 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. Turkey seeks a trilateral mechanism with Russia, Syria -Erdogan 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. Russia questions suitability of Biden's nominated ambassador to Moscow 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Taken together, these findings might help explain why giant freshwater stingrays are not yet as imperiled as other large Mekong species, Hogan said. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Cambodia’s environment ministry in December 2022 nominated 180 kilometers of the Mekong stretching south from its border with Laos as a World Heritage Site. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Of seven new dams planned in Laos, at least four are co-financed by Chinese companies, according to Mekong Dam Monitor data. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z He entered the Navy that year and served on gunboats in the treacherous Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Jim Kolbe, Openly Gay Republican Congressman, Is Dead at 80 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z "In particular we know that the climate crisis presents a real threat to the communities who depend on the Mekong River. In Thailand, in Vietnam, Laos." US VP Harris announces $20 mln new clean energy funding for Mekong region 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z In July, Hogan and his colleagues published additional evidence indicating that giant stingrays are still regularly caught in the Mekong and other Asian rivers. How a (very) giant stingray could help to save a mighty river 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Separately, the Cambodian government has halted dam building on the Mekong main stem until at least 2030. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z "But the pace at which the natural balance is being forced to change in the Mekong is too fast for the sediment to keep up." How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z She will host a roundtable discussion with activists and business leaders on climate change and the Mekong region before departing for the Philippines. US VP Harris arrives in Thailand for Asia-Pacific summit 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z It has been just as evasive on problems caused by its large-scale damming of the Mekong River. The US wants to play in China's backyard 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z During the Vietnam war, he was assigned to the patrol boats that policed the Mekong Delta to interdict Viet Cong smuggling, rescue downed pilots or insert American special forces into disputed territory. Retired Times investigative reporter Jerry Seper leaves towering legacy 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Hogan’s team hopes to use that breather to fill in vital details about the Mekong’s lengthy list of leviathans. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Farmers in the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta region were not prepared for the speed at which their landscape - and fortunes - have changed. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z A 661-pound endangered giant stingray from the Mekong River may be the largest freshwater fish ever caught. News Briefs from around the World: October 2022 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Millions of Cambodians live and work near the Mekong river, a key waterway that runs through several Southeast Asian countries and China. At least 14 children die after ferry sinks in Cambodia's Mekong river 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Four people — two students and two of the boat’s crew — were rescued following the accident Thursday night on the Mekong River southeast of Phnom Penh, and two students were still missing on Friday, police said. 9 students drown after river ferry capsizes in Cambodia 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z In the Mekong, many are verging on extinction. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The Mekong River Commission estimated in 2018 that total sediment flow by now would be around 47 million tonnes per year. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z China and El Salvador were certified malaria-free last year, and the six countries in the Greater Mekong region, including Vietnam and Thailand, have driven down cases by about 90 percent. At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z This 20th century Brazilian channeling of Bach flowed naturally from Cuong’s G sharps, leaving that impression that, while the scenery differs, the Amazon, Rhine and Mekong Delta are all rivers, and water everywhere is nourishing. Review: What is Pan-American music? Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Gabriela Martinez have some ideas 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Bokeo borders on Myanmar and Thailand, and the Mekong River runs through it, making it a crossroads for the drug trade. Police in Laos seize meth pills in one of biggest busts 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z “We know the giant catfish is still out there, we pick up its DNA,” says Lee, whose firm is carrying out telemetry work for Wonders of the Mekong, an initiative of the U.S. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile China, eager to boost renewable energy capacity to reduce its reliance on coal, has already built at least 95 hydroelectric dams on tributaries flowing into the Mekong, called the Lancang in China. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z In 1891 a French archaeological team uncovered a stone stele near the village of Sambor on the banks of the Mekong River, in what was then French Indochina, later to become Cambodia/Kampuchea. The Elusive Origin of Zero 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z It was going to be demolished, located on land soon to be flooded by the construction of a new dam on the Mekong River. A Chinese farmhouse in West Virginia bridges politics and a pandemic 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z China has built 10 dams along the upper stretch of the Mekong, the part it calls the Lancang. Myanmar hosts 1st regional meeting since army takeover 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Through a shared Telegram channel, enlightened fishers now communicate with the Wonders of the Mekong’s office in the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Governments of other countries through which the Mekong flows also did not respond to requests for comment. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But last week, Hogan had to update it, after hearing from the Wonders of the Mekong team in Cambodia, which he directs with help from the U.S. government. World’s heaviest freshwater fish, a 661-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The biggest freshwater fish ever documented was found in the Mekong river in Cambodia, according to scientists. 'World’s biggest' freshwater fish found in Cambodia 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z China has been criticized for the dams upstream on the Mekong River which affect water levels and downstream fisheries that are important to several Southeast Asian nations’ economies. Myanmar hosts 1st regional meeting since army takeover 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z The mystical aura of the Mekong is not lost on Chea, who recalls visiting a fishing village years ago and being warned not to venture out on the river at night. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Last year, the Mekong River Commission launched its own joint study with China looking at the dams' impacts, but the results won't be known until 2024 at the earliest. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The Mekong, which at an estimated 2,700 miles is longer than the Mississippi River, snakes down mainland Southeast Asia across the four countries, meaning conservation efforts must be coordinated. World’s heaviest freshwater fish, a 661-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z "It's almost inconceivable that a fish this large still occurs in a river as heavily fished and developed as the Mekong," says Zeb Hogan, a fish biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno. In Cambodia, researchers document the world's largest freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The Mekong is rich in biodiversity but overfishing, dams and pollution threaten its fragile ecosystem. World's largest freshwater fish found in Mekong, scientists say 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Later this year, Hogan aims to bring together experts from across the Mekong to hash out an action plan for saving the giant freshwater stingray. World’s largest freshwater fish draws attention to delicate ecosystem 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The analysis reinforces an estimate by the Mekong River Commission, set up in 1995 by countries bordering the river, that in 2020 only about a third of those river-borne soils would reach the Vietnamese floodplains. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z A giant 661-pound stingray was caught in a remote fishing village on the shores of the Mekong River in Cambodia, making it the heaviest freshwater fish ever documented, researchers said Monday. World’s heaviest freshwater fish, a 661-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The Wonders of the Mekong team, in the area to deploy acoustic receivers, helped safely return the fish to the river. In Cambodia, researchers document the world's largest freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z It disappeared into the muddy waters of the Mekong around dusk when the moon was already up in the sky, Dr Hogan said. World's largest freshwater fish found in Mekong, scientists say 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The fisherman alerted a nearby team of scientists from the Wonders of the Mekong project, which has publicized its conservation work in communities along the river. Cambodian catches world’s largest recorded freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The Mekong has the third-most diverse fish population in the world, according to its River Commission, though overfishing, pollution, saltwater intrusion and sediment depletion have caused stocks to plummet. Mekong villagers land heaviest ever freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z A fisherman caught the giant stingray on the evening of June 13, said Chea Seila, a member of a joint American-Cambodian research team known as the Wonders of the Mekong that is documenting freshwater fish. World’s heaviest freshwater fish, a 661-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The Wonders of the Mekong researchers are not simply hunting for big fish. In Cambodia, researchers document the world's largest freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The ray, hauled out of the murky waters of the Mekong River in Cambodia, measured 13 feet in length before it was returned to the river. A Giant Stingray May Be the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “The fact that the fish can still get this big is a hopeful sign for the Mekong River, ” Hogan said, noting that the waterway faces many environmental challenges. Cambodian catches world’s largest recorded freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z When Lee Khang was 7, his older brothers arranged to have a boat meant for six passengers carry a dozen or so family members across the Mekong River into Thailand. Megan Khang plays for her parents and their sacrifice at the U.S. Women’s Open 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Just after dawn on May 5, scientists working along a stretch of the Mekong River in Cambodia released a giant, endangered freshwater stingray that had been caught on a fisherman’s line. Watch a Giant Stingray’s Safe Return to Its River Home 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In addition to the biodiversity, the Mekong supports regional fisheries and is a vital food source for much of Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, researchers document the world's largest freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Fishers in Cambodia first alerted Dr. Hogan and his team at Wonders of the Mekong Project, which works to protect the Southeast Asian river’s aquatic diversity and is sponsored by the U.S. A Giant Stingray May Be the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Brubaker mined his own background, starting with his father, who was the head of Naval Intelligence operations in the Mekong Delta during the conflict with Vietnam. How the pandemic pushed a comics legend to reinvent pulp fiction and 1980s L.A. 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The Irrawaddy dolphin, also known as the Mekong River dolphin, is classified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Last freshwater dolphin in northeastern Cambodia dies 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “It was shaking, and I told her, ‘Calm down, we will release you soon,’” said Chea Seila, a coordinator for the Wonders of the Mekong Project. Watch a Giant Stingray’s Safe Return to Its River Home 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The stingray eclipsed the largest freshwater fish previously documented: a 293-kilogram endangered giant catfish caught on the Mekong in Thailand in 2005. In Cambodia, researchers document the world's largest freshwater fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “The fact that the world’s largest freshwater fish was caught in the Mekong is remarkable,” Dr. Hogan said. A Giant Stingray May Be the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Several Thai democracy activists who sought refuge in Laos have disappeared, including two later found dead by the Mekong River in 2018, their bodies filled with concrete. Human rights groups urge Thailand not to deport Lao activist 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z "This is exactly what we saw in the Greater Mekong." Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Is the world ready? 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z He warned that the Mekong River region, where the seizure took place, was experiencing a surge of drug production and trafficking that required strong efforts to get under control. Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The Mekong region is a biodiversity hotspot and home to tigers, Asian elephants, saola — an extremely rare animal also called the Asian unicorn or spindlehorn — and thousands of other species. Report: Ghostly monkey among 224 new Mekong region species 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Imports and exports utilizing the Chinese train at Vientiane must be transferred by road across the Mekong’s bridge to Nong Khai’s railhead, where Thailand’s trains connect to Bangkok and elsewhere. U.S.-China rivalry plays out in remote Thai town 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But he laid out a litany of complaints about “Beijing’s aggressive actions” from “Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia and from the Mekong River to the Pacific Islands.” Blinken vows more US military might in Indo-Pacific 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z In a panel at the Reuters Next conference, Asian labour activists said the coronavirus pandemic has displayed how many economies could not function effectively without workers imported from countries like Philippines and the Mekong region. COVID-19 a wake-up call to end discrimination of migrant workers, say activists 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z “Organized crime treat the Mekong region like a playground — it has all the elements they look for,” he said. Laos makes big meth bust as UN warns of security breakdown 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Rising in China, the Mekong runs through five countries before reaching the South China Sea. China’s global infrastructure program goes green—but could still devastate ecosystems 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Annual spring thaws send meltwater into the tributaries of many of Asia’s largest rivers, such as the Yangtze, Indus and Mekong. Muddier Rivers Are Jeopardizing Dams and Water Quality for Millions 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Unpredictable rainfall might increase tensions over access to rivers that cross national boundaries, such as the Nile and the Mekong. White House, intelligence agencies, Pentagon issue reports warning that climate change threatens global security 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z "The pandemic highlighted a lot of structural issues that have already existed for a long time," said Reiko Harima, Regional Coordinator of Mekong Migration Network. COVID-19 a wake-up call to end discrimination of migrant workers, say activists 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Mekong River basin could cause problems between China and Cambodia and Vietnam, the report warns. Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The dams suppress the Mekong’s unique wet season flooding, which is key to fishery productivity and the riverside agriculture that tens of millions rely on. China’s global infrastructure program goes green—but could still devastate ecosystems 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z "We are going home to farm and raise cattle," she said, as she headed to her village in Dong Thap province in the Mekong River Delta with her husband and their 8-month-old baby. 'We are tired': Workers flee Vietnam's largest city as long lockdown eases 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z While Laos expects crypto miners will harness the Mekong River and its tributaries for fast cash, U.S. concerns focus on the proliferation of hydroelectric dams and its follow-on environmental impacts. Little Laos makes big play in cryptocurrency, raising environmental fears 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The capital Hanoi, the southern industrial hub Binh Duong and some provinces in the rice bowl Mekong Delta are seeking to gradually ease curbs, authorities said. Vietnam's biggest city to keep virus curbs, flight resumption sought 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z South Asia will see more monsoon rainfall, while a combination of climate change, sinking land and human activity will spur floods that will engulf the Mekong Delta. Here’s How Climate Change Will Stress Your Homeland 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z And more are on the way: Chinese interests have eight Mekong dams under construction and another 34 under study for locations scattered throughout the watershed. China’s global infrastructure program goes green—but could still devastate ecosystems 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Around 90% of the flood events observed by the scientists were in South and Southeast Asia, around the basins of major rivers including the Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra and the Mekong. Floods: Research shows millions more at risk of flooding 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The Mekong begins in Tibet’s glaciers, crosses China, and meanders from Laos’ northern border south into Cambodia. Little Laos makes big play in cryptocurrency, raising environmental fears 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z They crossed the Mekong River to refugee camps in Thailand. With Biles Out, Sunisa Lee Seizes the Moment and Captures Gold 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z It was not clear if the hydroacoustic data - data collected by sonar and used to monitor underwater features - was of the Mekong River area. Chinese hackers stole Mekong River data from Cambodian ministry - sources 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Eyler says the Mekong dams were envisioned 20 years ago when many saw hydroelectric power as a clean alternative and solar and wind power were still costly. China’s global infrastructure program goes green—but could still devastate ecosystems 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z In October, closer to his Kings Romans Casino, Mr. Zhao broke ground to construct a $50 million port at Ban Mom village further north upriver on the Mekong, near China’s Yunnan province. Shadowy Chinese casino magnate eyes a business empire in Laos 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The lockdown order includes the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City metropolis, the country’s financial and economic hub with over 35 million people — nearly a third of Vietnam’s population. Vietnam puts southern region in lockdown as surge grows 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z "We strongly condemn the fact that Japan's public funds likely ended up in the hands of the Tatmadaw," said Yuka Kiguchi, Executive Director of Mekong Watch, referring to Myanmar's armed forces. Rights groups urge Japan to stop real estate project in Myanmar 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The beauty of life along the Mekong during the “floating season” is perfectly depicted in this gorgeous, informative book by talented illustrators. Recommendations from a middle school librarian to help you play Kids Book Bingo 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z In March 2020, poor economic prospects led Cambodia to delay construction of two planned mainstream Mekong dams for 10 years. China’s global infrastructure program goes green—but could still devastate ecosystems 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The railway links southern China at the Laotian border town of Boten, runs vertically across northern Laos, and reaches the capital Vientiane on the Mekong River where it forms part of the Laos-Thailand border. Shadowy Chinese casino magnate eyes a business empire in Laos 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Seawater intrusion has long been a problem in the low-lying Mekong Delta, where more than half of the country's rice is grown. Protecting Vietnam's paddy fields 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z So, she turned to Mekong NYC, a small nonprofit that serves the Southeast Asian community in the city. How Asians Became the Most Vaccinated Group in New York City 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The quest to go to school leads An to row the great Mekong River during rainy season, fighting waves and his own fear. Recommendations from a middle school librarian to help you play Kids Book Bingo 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z For years, Ta Thi Thanh Thuy toiled on a sliver of land sandwiched between the Mekong River and the South China Sea, a region widely known as Vietnam's rice bowl, to grow the prized grain. At-risk rheas released into Chile's Patagonia for repopulation 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Partnership, which evolved from Mr. Obama’s Lower Mekong Initiative to prevent China manipulating the upper flow of the Mekong with dams. Shadowy Chinese casino magnate eyes a business empire in Laos 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z It’s the home of China’s last surviving elephant community, located in a sliver of forest about 5 miles from the Mekong river. China's Yunnan vows ecological 'security barrier' to limit disease risks 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z In December 2018, two were found floating in the Mekong River along the Laotian border, their faces mashed and bodies stuffed with concrete. A Thai dissident was kidnapped. When police had no answers, his sister began to investigate 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The Mekong Dam Monitor, part-funded by the State Department, uses data from cloud-piercing satellites to track levels of dams in China and other countries. Chinese dams under U.S. scrutiny in Mekong rivalry 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z At least eight Thai exiles were abducted in the neighboring country, and the bodies of several were later found floating in the Mekong River. Sister of missing Thai dissident meets with Cambodian judge 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Zhao’s flagship project, the Kings Romans Casino, is being built on the Mekong River which the three surrounding countries jointly patrol, led by armed Chinese vessels. Shadowy Chinese casino magnate eyes a business empire in Laos 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Those range from Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea to its development activities along the Mekong River, which runs through much of mainland Southeast Asia and is a regional lifeline. Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z In its fact sheet, however, the State Department criticized China’s dams on the Mekong River, marine debris, plastic product waste, illegal logging, mercury emissions and air quality. China delivers diatribe against U.S. climate policies 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z It said that on Sept. 11, he would launch a cooperation partnership with Mekong River partner countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, aimed at strengthening their autonomy, economic independence, and sustainable development. Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats in U.S 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The 92-year-old from the southern Mekong Delta region is the proud owner of five-metre long dreadlocks, owing to his belief in a faith that prescribes leaving untouched what a person is born with. Vietnamese man with five-metre hair says lifelong grow-out is divine calling 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The Mekong also flows through part of Myanmar. Mekong nations pressed to share data as water level falls to new low 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z In a statement released ahead of Pompeo’s arrival in Vietnam, the State Department attacked China for reneging on cooperation pledges with other Mekong countries and for aggressively pursuing suspect claims in the South China Sea. Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Four major rivers, including the Mekong and the Yangtze, flow through deep valleys. Many beloved garden flowers originated in this mountain hot spot—the oldest of its kind on Earth 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “We really would encourage the People’s Republic of China to work together with the Mekong River Commission, rather than trying to sideline it by creating its own organisation that it controls,” DeSombre said. Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Several other Thai dissidents in Laos, another neighboring country, were also mysteriously kidnapped in recent years, with the bodies of three later found floating in the Mekong River. Thousands in Bangkok rally against Thai government 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The Mekong typically swells in rainy season where it converges with the Tonle Sap River, causing a rare reversed flow of the river into the lake around June. Mekong nations pressed to share data as water level falls to new low 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Is there a genetic component in which the immune systems of Thais and others in the Mekong River region are more resistant to the coronavirus? No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right, but So Far, It’s Working 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z When the French retreated from the region, he served as an army officer in newly created South Vietnam, training local defense forces in the Mekong Delta and rising to become a lieutenant colonel. Tran Ngoc Chau, Vietnamese counterinsurgency specialist, dies at 96 of coronavirus complications 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Despite the U.S. warnings, officials at the Mekong River Commission say it welcomes cooperation with the LMC and China. Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Then, last year, two of their bodies turned up on the banks of the Mekong River, their limbs bound and bellies filled with concrete. Thai Dissidents Are Disappearing, and Families Are Fighting for Answers 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The bodies of several were later found floating in the Mekong River. Cambodia says it’s willing to probe Thai exile’s case 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Thailand’s low rate of infection appears to be shared by other countries in the Mekong River basin. No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right, but So Far, It’s Working 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z At least eight Thai exiles were abducted in Laos in 2016-2018, and the bodies of several were later found floating in the Mekong River. Rights group says another Thai dissident abducted in SE Asia 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “This is becoming a geopolitical issue, much like the South China Sea, between the United States and China,” said Witoon Permpongsacharoen of the group Mekong Energy and Ecology Network. Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z While the Mekong is a lifeline for residents of downstream nations, the river rushes through narrow gorges in China, making it impractical for economic activity other than hydropower. China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The Mekong, which supports the world’s largest inland fishery, flows from the Tibetan plateau down to the South China Sea, passing through or by Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Cambodia scraps plans for Mekong hydropower dams 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “This is how the countries in the Mekong region greet each other as well,” Dr. Taweesin added. No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right, but So Far, It’s Working 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The report cited studies by the Mekong River Commission that projected heavy losses in fishing and farming, which would force these countries to import more food. China releases water from dams to ease Mekong River drought, promises more help 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Last year saw record drought, with Lower Mekong river levels the lowest in decades. Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z At the turn of this century, the Chinese government, whose leadership at the time was dominated by engineers, began accelerating plans to dam the Lancang, as the Mekong is known in China. China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z With about 10 more dams planned for the mainstream Mekong’s lower reaches and hundreds more on its tributaries, a lifeline for 60 million people is being choked. Damming the Lower Mekong, Devastating the Ways and Means of Life 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Sceptics say the Lao government and its Vietnamese and Thai partners should wait to assess any impact on downstream fishing and farming from the recently completed Xayaburi dam, Laos’ first mainstream Mekong hydropower project. Amid hydropower boom, Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The Mekong flows from China, where it is known as the Lancang river, through five southeast Asian countries. Thailand scraps China-led project to blast open Mekong River 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Large deltas, such as those of the Niger, Huang He and Mekong, have great socio-economic value. Human activities have changed the shapes of river deltas 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Yet even as Beijing began its hydropower push on the Mekong, it refused to join Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos in a regional group dedicated to the river’s health. China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “The Mekong’s ecosystem is adaptable and resilient but the worry is that the river’s massive resource base won’t be able to overcome all these dams and extreme weather.” Damming the Lower Mekong, Devastating the Ways and Means of Life 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z With money to be made on investment and many fast-growing countries eager to buy electricity, no Mekong country seems inclined to oppose the new project. Amid hydropower boom, Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Hundreds of dams are proposed or under construction in megafauna-rich river basins, including the Amazon, Congo and Mekong. The Freshwater Giants Are Dying 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The struggles of the Tonle Sap lake, or “great lake,” reflect a broader crisis in the Mekong River system, the lifeline of Southeast Asia. ‘No fish’: How dams and climate change are choking Asia’s great lake 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Critics accuse the Beijing-funded initiative of being less a mechanism for protecting the river and more a mouthpiece for China’s campaign on the Mekong. China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The biggest of all, the Mekong giant catfish, weighs more than a tiger and used to feed entire villages. Damming the Lower Mekong, Devastating the Ways and Means of Life 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z However, there’s at least one exception: a Delaware-sized plateau near the Mekong River in southern Laos. Hints of Phantom Crater Found Under Volcanic Plateau in Laos 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Many fear the new Lao dams - the first on the Lower Mekong that generates most of the vast system’s sediment - will impede the nutrient flow. Green algae, blue water add to fears over health of Southeast Asia's Mekong 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The Mekong basin produces 2.6 million tons of freshwater fish annually and supplies food and livelihoods for an estimated 60 million people. ‘No fish’: How dams and climate change are choking Asia’s great lake 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z But new research from American climatologists shows for the first time that China, where the headwaters of the Mekong spring forth from the Tibetan Plateau, was not experiencing the same hardship at all. China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The Mekong River Commission already warned that severe to extreme drought was expected to hit Thailand and Cambodia at least until January. Thai official warns of water shortages due to weather, dams 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z A crisis is engulfing the Mekong River, its banks are collapsing and half a million people are at risk of losing their homes. How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Normally, sediment flows all through the 2,390-km Lower Mekong, nourishing fishing grounds and farmlands as it flows in from China then winds past Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Green algae, blue water add to fears over health of Southeast Asia's Mekong 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The volume of rain soon becomes so great that the Mekong fills up and — unique among the world’s rivers — changes course. ‘No fish’: How dams and climate change are choking Asia’s great lake 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The Mekong is one of the most fertile rivers on earth, nurturing tens of millions of people with its nutrient rich waters and fisheries. China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The trio are seen sailing along the Mekong river and through the treacherous conditions of monsoon season in Vietnam and Cambodia in the 90-minute film. Clarkson: Climate change 'was rammed down our throats' 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z So that is why sand is sought from ancient deposits in quarries - static extraction - or through so-called dynamic extraction from the sea and rivers like the Mekong. How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The Mekong’s lower regions are also endangered by rising seas threatening to inundate its delta in southern Vietnam. Green algae, blue water add to fears over health of Southeast Asia's Mekong 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The ecological term for such a cycle is a flood pulse, leading some to label the Tonle Sap the heartbeat of the Mekong region. ‘No fish’: How dams and climate change are choking Asia’s great lake 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z “The lay people who depend on the resources of the Mekong River for their livelihoods and income are automatically excluded.” China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z With a population of 500-600, it had a church, a church school, a French parish priest and two sisters from a convent in Laos, which lies just across the Mekong River from the province. Tolerant Thailand to welcome pope, but martyrs tale haunts 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z The Mekong supports the world's largest inland fishery, providing a food source for the 60 million people living in the catchment area. How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Climate change will mean more unpredictable and extreme weather, according to the Mekong River Commission, an intergovernmental organization. Green algae, blue water add to fears over health of Southeast Asia's Mekong 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, Buddhist monks on the Thai side of the Mekong chanted and provided blessings in a ceremony for the river, which activists from the Freedom Mekong Group says is in danger of dying. New Mekong dam in Laos opens to protests, dried-out downstream 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “The people who depend most on the Mekong have the least control over what happens to the river,” said Bruce Shoemaker, a researcher on natural resource conflict in the region. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The 10 most efficient funnels of plastic waste are the Yangtze, Yellow, Hai, Pearl, Amur Mekong, Indus and Ganges Delta in Asia and the Niger and Nile in Africa. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The Mekong is not the only place where the grab for sand is creating controversy. How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Under higher emissions scenarios, even wealthy megacities such as New York or Shanghai and large tropical agricultural deltas such as the Mekong will face high or very high risks from sea level rise. UN signals red alert for 'blue planet' 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z “With more dams, the once powerful Mekong river will become just a small creek,” he said. New Mekong dam in Laos opens to protests, dried-out downstream 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The Lancang, as the Mekong is known there — a name that means “turbulent” — is too fast and steep to do much more than power turbines. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z "In a higher-emission scenario, even wealthy megacities such as New York or Shanghai and large tropical agricultural deltas such as the Mekong will face high or very high risks." Global warming causing ocean 'emergency' 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z In December two of their bodes were found in the Mekong River, their stomachs pumped with concrete. Thai government pressed over missing Lao activist Od Sayavong 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Minderhoud and his colleagues arrived at that surprising conclusion after analyzing ground-based measurements of the Mekong’s topography that the Vietnamese government shielded from Western scientists for years. New Elevation Measure Shows Climate Change Could Quickly Swamp the Mekong Delta 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The anticipated escalation of dangers facing mega‐fish in basins such as the Amazon, Congo and Mekong due to the boom in hydropower dam construction is very worrying, said the researchers. Giant river animals on verge of extinction, report warns 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Like the Nile, the Tigris and the Yangtze, the Mekong watered empires. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Their movements are increasingly hampered by hydroelectric dams in the world’s greatest river basins, such as the Mekong, Congo, Amazon and Ganges. Giant freshwater fishes are in alarming decline 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Pompeo spoke in Bangkok, where he met ministers of the Lower Mekong Initiative countries, who complain of drought caused in part by upstream dams on the river. U.S. secretary of state criticizes China's dams on Mekong River 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The results, published today in Nature Communications, show the Mekong’s elevation over sea level averages just 0.8 meter, which is almost two meters lower than commonly quoted estimates based on freely available satellite data. New Elevation Measure Shows Climate Change Could Quickly Swamp the Mekong Delta 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z China’s 11 Mekong dams with the capacity to generate more than 21,300 MW of electricity dwarf those of its neighbors. Missing Mekong waters rouse suspicions of China 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z More than any other country, Cambodia is nourished by the Mekong. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The findings will not change much in people's day-to-day life in the Greater Mekong Subregion, in South-East Asia. Resistant malaria spreading in South-East Asia 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Several dissidents have gone missing or been murdered, with two turning up in the Mekong river their bodies stuffed with concrete in December. 'I thought they would kill me': Thai dissidents targeted in brutal crackdown 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z All these forces are at play in the Mekong, which is subsiding in some areas at rates approaching five centimeters per year—among the fastest in the world. New Elevation Measure Shows Climate Change Could Quickly Swamp the Mekong Delta 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The BBC was keen for him to carry on “gallivanting”: “Let’s go down the Mekong, we can talk about important things …!” and there was no doubt some temptation in that. Bruce Parry: ‘Human beings have really big problems ahead’ 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Note: Map shows dams in the Mekong River basin as of December 2018, the most recent data available. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Though her story takes place mainly in Britain, it starts in 1979 on the Mekong river. Dispelling the British Vietnamese 'nail-bar' cliche 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Wielding a bullhorn, he ordered the plotters to “go back across the Mekong” unless they wanted the Laotian military to lose American aid. John Gunther Dean, ambassador haunted by U.S. departure from Cambodia, dies at 93 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z And Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, a geologist at Tulane University, who was not involved with the study, says the implications extend beyond the Mekong to similarly threatened deltas throughout the developing world. New Elevation Measure Shows Climate Change Could Quickly Swamp the Mekong Delta 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z To Bonnie, he was an energetic and worldly Vietnam vet, an impression strengthened by the fingertip he said was clipped by a bullet during river patrol in the Mekong Delta. The Golden State Killer suspect became part of their family — and slowly revealed his violent side 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z For the region’s governments, the dams are supposed to deliver economic salvation by bringing hundreds of them to the lower Mekong and its tributaries, along with accompanying infrastructure. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The mutilated bodies of two washed up on the Thai side of the Mekong River. In fear for their lives, activist Thai band lives in exile 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Two weeks later, the bodies of two of his colleagues were found floating in the Mekong River between Thailand and Laos. ‘The hunting has been accelerated’: Arrests, killings strike fear in Thailand’s dissidents 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z That intensity building within, he pulled up to the market along the Mekong River, straddling the Lao-Thai border. The man risking his life to expose the destruction of the tiger A surge of dam development across the tropics threatens to interrupt the planet’s last free-flowing rivers — including the Mekong, Congo, Amazon and Irrawaddy. Daily briefing: First randomized controlled trial shows why a junk-food diet packs on weight 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z As plans for damming the lower Mekong gathered force in the early 2000s, the Mekong River Commission predicted that its four members — Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam — would reap $30 billion in benefits. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z “Today, we’re taking a boat trip through the Mekong Delta,” she texted one morning. Come kick around cowboy country with me, while we still can 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z For example, Cambodia is considering spending US$5 billion — almost one-quarter of its gross domestic product — on building the Sambor dam on the Mekong River. Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z His investigation had brought him to central Laos, where Vinasakhone, the country’s biggest farm, stored hundreds of tigers behind concrete walls near the Mekong River. The man risking his life to expose the destruction of the tiger After the Vietnam War, he served as the top commander in the Mekong Delta and in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. Le Duc Anh, Vietnamese general who led the campaign to oust Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, dies at 98 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The government, one of the world’s few remaining communist regimes, has signed off on more than 140 dams for the Mekong and its tributaries. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Dam projects already curtail fish catches that provide the main source of protein for millions of people in the floodplains of the Mekong River. Don’t let damage to wetlands cancel out the benefits of hydropower 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z But a surge of dam development across the tropics threatens to interrupt the planet’s last free-flowing rivers1 — including the Mekong, Congo, Amazon and Irrawaddy. Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z He began with a voyage down the Ganges in India last month and intends to complete all 10 by 2021, including the Yangtze, the Niger and the Mekong. Italian to trace route of plastics into seas down 10 rivers 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Some 13 days later, 300km away in a small Thai village on the banks of the Mekong river, which divides Thailand and Laos, fisherman Denchai Sornsai went down to check his nets. Murder on the Mekong: why exiled Thai dissidents are abducted and killed 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The damming of the Mekong comes as mega-infrastructure projects are on the wane worldwide. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z We’ve already seen tensions rise around the basins of the Nile, Central Asia’s Indus River and the Mekong in Southeast Asia. Opinion | John Kerry: Disband your climate denial panel, Mr. President 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Dams are already unable to meet demand during major droughts, such as the record-breaking dry spell that hit the Mekong basin in 2016. Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The glaciers feed ten of the world's most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong and Irrawaddy, and directly or indirectly supply billions of people with food, energy, clean air and incomes. Warming threatens Himalayan glaciers 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z This was a decaying human body, the first of two corpses that washed up on the Thai side of the Mekong, in Nakhom Phanom province, in late December. Murder on the Mekong: why exiled Thai dissidents are abducted and killed 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The Mekong’s headwaters spring forth high in the Tibetan plateau, but in China the river holds little utility for humans. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Some large river basins, like the Ganges or the Mekong, may remain relatively stable when considered on a large scale. World's "Third Pole" Is Melting Away 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Large river basins such as the Mekong span many countries and each wants to generate power within its borders, irrespective of impacts downstream. Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z She said she arrived by boat on the Mekong River from her hometown of Jinghong in southern China. Thai universities tap into rising Chinese demand 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z On hearing the news of a body discovered in the Mekong two weeks later, she burst into tears. Murder on the Mekong: why exiled Thai dissidents are abducted and killed 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Seven dams have been built on the Mekong’s upper reaches since 2000. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Perched on the sandy banks of the Mekong River, it took just a few minutes for one half of everything she owned to plunge into its murky depths. From Tibet to the 'Nine Dragons', Vietnam's Mekong Delta is losing... 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Transnational management organizations focused on particular basins should be set up, and the roles of existing ones such as the Mekong River Commission strengthened. Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z On these ornate panels, subjugation and survival coincide: Soldiers burn down villages, families cross the Mekong River, women cook dinner in a refugee camp. Opinion | The Feminist Power of Embroidery 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Much of the spraying was on low-lying swamps of the Mekong River Delta that flows into the South China Sea, where they were stationed. The ‘blue water’ Navy veterans of the Vietnam War battle Agent Orange 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z But for the downriver nations, the Mekong is a lifeblood. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z At this time of year the waters of the Mekong used to flow into Vietnam as a milky-brown crawl, locals and officials said. From Tibet to the 'Nine Dragons', Vietnam's Mekong Delta is losing... 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Opponents say the dam will damage the biodiversity of two tributaries of the Mekong River and devastate the livelihoods and homes of thousands of people. Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The provincial authorities quashed another proposed plant in the Mekong Delta. The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard? 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Provincial authorities quashed another proposed plant in the Mekong Delta. World still depends on coal, cheap, plentiful — and dirty 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z The world’s most productive rice growers, in Thailand and Vietnam, depend on the Mekong’s generosity in depositing rich alluvial soil during the rainy season. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The problems began when China built its first hydropower plants in the Upper Mekong Basin, said Ni at Can Tho University. From Tibet to the 'Nine Dragons', Vietnam's Mekong Delta is losing... 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Each year, another twenty-four thousand people abandon Vietnam’s sublimely fertile Mekong Delta as crop fields are polluted with salt. How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In Asia, we’ve helped produce outstanding stories on how climate change is affecting the Mekong Delta and the South Pacific, among other places. The Biggest Story of the Century Needs More Coverage 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The Tonlé Sap Lake in the Mekong River Basin now yields stable harvests of only very small fish species. Dams threaten world’s largest inland fishery 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z A single Mekong dam proposed for Cambodia, the Sambor, could produce more electricity than all of what Cambodia currently consumes. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z That left Laos, Cambodia and Thailand as the main source of sediment for the Mekong in Vietnam, he said. From Tibet to the 'Nine Dragons', Vietnam's Mekong Delta is losing... 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Vang would have to figure out by himself how to evade the army, get across the Mekong River and locate his family in Thailand. Minnesota man reflects on journey from refugee to dentist 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Japan’s Indo-Pacific plan was backed by leaders from across Southeast Asia’s Mekong River region. Japan’s Abe stakes out new identity in region: Stronger leadership and wider military reach 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Hydropower construction is proliferating in the Lower Mekong Basin, disrupting natural seasonal river pulses and blocking the migration routes of riverine fishes. Dams threaten world’s largest inland fishery 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Asia’s 10 largest rivers __ including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges __ are fed by seasonal melting. Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Asia's 10 largest rivers __ including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges __ are fed by seasonal melting. Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z They live in the Mekong Delta, a huge plain of rivers and rice-fields that's popular with tourists but lies only just above the surface of the ocean. Vietnam's children and the fear of climate change 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z VIENTIANE, Laos — Two decades ago, this sleepy city on the Mekong River was just starting to pave its streets. Capital of Laos Seeks Stronger Ties to China 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z People who live along the Mekong River and on the floodplain will be particularly affected because the local fish they consume also rely on migratory riverine species for prey. Dams threaten world’s largest inland fishery 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Dams reduced fish populations in the Mekong River basin relied on by people for food, according to another study. Are too many hydropower dams being built? 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z The rhythms of life here in Siem Pang, Cambodia, are tightly bound to this sleepy, brown tributary of the Mekong, which swells annually during the monsoon season, then gently spills its banks in October. News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z A leading farming expert even warned that the days of rice may be over for the Mekong Delta, with huge implications for food security and national income. Vietnam's children and the fear of climate change 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The Mekong Delta is the largest rice-growing area in Vietnam, which is the world’s third-largest rice exporter after India and Thailand. Burst Laos dam floods some Vietnam rice fields, damage limited 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “Fiction upstairs, nonfiction this level, with many exceptions,” the 81-year-old barks at everyone who walks through the door, as if he is still navigating destroyer vessels up the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. ‘Chaotic glory’: Why four millennials bought a used bookstore on Capitol Hill 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Its solution is to build lots of dams along the Mekong river and its tributaries, with Thai and Chinese backing, and to sell the electricity to neighbours. A dam disaster in Laos 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The 3S basin is one of the biggest and most important Mekong watersheds, described by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as “a bread basket for over three million people.” News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The project consists of major dams on three tributaries of the giant Mekong River as well as several smaller auxiliary dams, or saddle dams, including the one that failed. In Laos, a Boom, and Then, ‘The Water Is Coming!’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z “The flooding season in the Mekong Delta was previously forecast to begin around August 5-7, but the water from Laos made it start sooner,” he said. Burst Laos dam floods some Vietnam rice fields, damage limited 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Other hydro plants being built along the Mekong River and its tributaries supply power to meet growing demand to the east, in Vietnam. Construction Firms Scrambled to Prevent Laotian Dam’s Collapse 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The river also carries nutrient-rich sediments to rice farmers downstream in the Mekong delta in Vietnam. A dam disaster in Laos 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The Mekong tumbles through six countries before emptying into the South China Sea. News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Nature sent a reporter to Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand in May to see how researchers are helping countries in the Greater Mekong region reach their goal of eliminating malaria by 2030. Pay people to fight malaria 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The Mekong is the world’s most productive inland fishery, sustaining the food security of 60 million people. Leaked report warns Cambodia's biggest dam could 'literally kill' Mekong river 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The Mekong is one of the world’s most valuable sources of freshwater fish. Construction Firms Scrambled to Prevent Laotian Dam’s Collapse 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z A recent study by the Mekong River Commission estimated that if Laos achieves its dam-building target, the amount of sediment that reaches the delta will fall to only two-thirds of its level in 2007. A dam disaster in Laos 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “There is currently no single standard or set of requirements in the Mekong basin for assessing and compensating transboundary impacts,” said Maureen Harris, Southeast Asia program director for the conservation group International Rivers. News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Rather, more rigorous inspections supposedly offer protection to American consumers from fish farmed in less-healthy conditions in the Mekong River’s delta than the Mississippi’s. Vietnam calls U.S. catfish policy unfair trade practices 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z I first met the family on the banks of the Mekong River last August, just 12 days after they escaped from North Korea. New jeans, new schools, new worries: North Korean family settles into South Korea 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z At the Mekong bridge ceremony, Mr. Hun Sen pointed out New York Times journalists in the crowd and noted that the newspaper had been given “fake news” awards by Mr. Trump. Embracing China, Facebook and Himself, Cambodia’s Ruler Digs In 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Demand for it is surging—and that is wreaking havoc not only on Vietnam’s rivers, but also on the all-important Mekong Delta. Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining Threatens a Way of Life in Southeast Asia 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s great here,” said Bob Abbott, 75, a retired painter who served in the Mekong Delta in 1969 and who has lived on the campus for the last three years. Violence Strikes a Veterans Program That Strove to Prevent It 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Vietnam recently adopted plans to allow more flooding in the upper reaches of the Mekong delta. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z For four years, he was an officer in the Coast Guard, including stints in Vietnam where he commanded an 82-foot riverboat in the Mekong Delta. David Zwick, clean water advocate and one of ‘Nader’s Raiders,’ dies at 75 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “Under the leadership of Lord Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia has maintained peaceful development and enjoyed lively economic growth,” Xiong Bo, the Chinese ambassador, said at the Mekong ceremony. Embracing China, Facebook and Himself, Cambodia’s Ruler Digs In 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z As the tensions rise, the Mekong Delta keeps eroding—and so does the ground beneath the feet of villagers like Ha Thi Be. Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining Threatens a Way of Life in Southeast Asia 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The Communists launched heavy ground assaults on at least six provincial capitals and district towns in the rice-growing Mekong Delta below Saigon and in the provinces just north of the city. AP WAS THERE: The Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Boonchai Bach was known to run a business from a small border town on the Mekong River, over which illicit goods are often smuggled to Laos, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok. Wildlife trafficking 'kingpin' arrested 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Every year scientists announce dozens of new species discovered in the region surrounding the Mekong, which flows through China, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. More than 100 new species found in Mekong 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z He grew up in a wooden house near the Mekong, in a province that was heavily bombed by the Americans as the Vietnam War spilled across the border. Embracing China, Facebook and Himself, Cambodia’s Ruler Digs In 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z In mid-December, villagers from the coastal Phatthalung province in southern Thailand spotted a Mekong giant catfish thrashing in a local pond. Giant 'Swamp King' Fish Rescued From Flood 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z President Nguyen Van Thieu declared martial law throughout the nation in the wake of the Wednesday attacks against the U.S. embassy and military and civilian installations from Hue to the Mekong Delta. AP WAS THERE: The Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Supporters say Mekong Review is a welcome platform for writers and scholars of the region, and a sharp political voice where speech is perennially threatened. Australia Gripped by Decades of Sexual Abuse of Children, Panel Finds 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Mekong Review’s contributors include some of the best-known authors, journalists and academics who follow the region. His Defense of Hindus Was to Kill a Muslim and Post the Video 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z This type of subsistence fishing supports about 60 million people living along the 4,350 kilometres of the mighty Mekong — but maybe not for long. The real cost of energy The Mekong giant catfish is critically endangered, so it's now illegal to eat or harvest this species. Giant 'Swamp King' Fish Rescued From Flood 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Imagine a map with giant chunks missing from Florida, Manhattan, Lincolnshire, Rio de Janeiro and the deltas of the Nile, Amazon, Pearl, Mekong, Ganges and Brahmaputra. From Miami to Shanghai: 3C of warming will leave world cities underwater 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “I am fighting with and advising a Vietnamese infantry battalion in the Mekong Delta, but this is a strange war,” he’d written to a young Ohio girl who’d sent in a donation. Perspective | For decades, one family’s Vietnam War pain lay hidden behind a wall 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z He's navigated viewers through the entire country, from Hanoi in the north to the Central Highlands to deep into the southern Mekong Delta. The 7 Countries Anthony Bourdain Has Visited Most 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Investigators visited a Chinese casino resort on the Mekong River. Laos is 'fastest growing' ivory market 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z There is a push to eliminate malaria in the Greater Mekong sub-region before it is too late. Alarm as 'super malaria' spreads 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Just four hours to the Mekong River and, across it: Thailand. Escaping North Korea: ‘We had already decided to kill ourselves rather than be sent back’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The ritual poetry chanted at funerals tells their story, including how many drowned crossing the Mekong River while trying to escape. 'He was the best one of us': Family mourns youngest son, who drowned in San Joaquin River 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Vietnam is a signer of the agreement; with 2,000 miles of coastline and millions of people living in the low-lying Mekong Delta, it is viewed as particularly vulnerable to the effects of rising seas. Trump Hosts Prime Minister Phuc of Vietnam and Announces Trade Deals 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The illogic evokes, on the page, the damaged conditions for thinking which burden these “creatures of the Mekong,” their “heads bobbing” like “ghosts without bodies” in a “river yard / of amputated hearts.” Mai Der Vang’s and Airea D. Matthews’s Striking Débuts 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Most foreign veterans who arrive in this swampy stretch of the Mekong Delta make their way to the Oasis Hotel. In Mekong Delta backwaters, Vietnam vets find peace in a town that war destroyed 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z At 3:30 a.m., they got into one of the long boats that navigate the Mekong. Escaping North Korea: ‘We had already decided to kill ourselves rather than be sent back’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z She was 10 months old when he died, shot in the head by the enemy somewhere in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. ‘This soldier’s daughter is the daughter of a hero’ 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z His group draped a large white banner reading "Mekong Not For Sale" on the bank overlooking the Pi Long rapids, whose name in Thai means "lost ghosts." China's Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z "Our priority is the United States and the Mekong region. So the timing will be a little bit away" for Europe and other regions, Inagaki said. Japan's Dai-ichi Life eyes Cambodia, U.S. in push for overseas growth 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Something less definable anchors these men and their spouses to this Mekong tributary. In Mekong Delta backwaters, Vietnam vets find peace in a town that war destroyed 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z After that, he traveled regularly to Africa and Asia, where he was particularly fond of the old royal Laotian city of Luang Prabang on the Mekong River. Stacy B. Lloyd III, Foreign Service officer, bookstore owner, dies at 80 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Thai’s father worked his way from a Mekong Delta rice farm to graduate school in New York. Their parents' lives were defined by war. Now Vietnam's youth are pushing the country toward a new identity 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The Mekong River originates in the Tibetan plateau and cascades through China and five Southeast Asian countries. China's Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z In the Mekong region, it runs life insurance businesses in Thailand and Vietnam. Japan's Dai-ichi Life eyes Cambodia, U.S. in push for overseas growth 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Almost half a century later, the Mekong delta shrimp farmer, now 70, grasped hands with the US secretary of state in mutual respect. John Kerry returns to site where he killed man during Vietnam war 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The capstone will be a riverboat trip in the Mekong Delta, where he captained a Swift boat patrol vessel during the Vietnam War. Kerry arrives in Vietnam on his last trip as secretary of state 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z He starts Friday in Vietnam, where he will deliver a speech on U.S.-Vietnam relations and visit the Southeast Asian nation’s Mekong Delta to discuss environmental issues. Kerry to make final globe-trotting trip as top US diplomat 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Chinese engineers on the Mekong said they were worried that Thai protesters would board the rickety cargo ship where they slept, prompting them to moor it on the Laotian side of the Mekong each night. China's Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The Greater Mekong region is a magnet for the world’s conservation scientists because of the incredible diversity of species that continue to be discovered here,” Jimmy Borah, wildlife program manager for WWF-Greater Mekong, said. See the New Species Discovered in the Mekong Region 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z He wants to work on environmental problems with the Lower Mekong Initiative, and is involved with fellow veterans in plans to open a US-funded Fulbright University in the country. John Kerry returns to site where he killed man during Vietnam war 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The Greater Mekong is home to some of the world's most endangered species. Scientists discover 163 new species in Greater Mekong region: WWF 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z While this action was praised, it only serves to underscore the control that Beijing exerts over the Mekong, the 12th-largest river in the world, against a backdrop of traditionally suspicious relations between Beijing and Hanoi. Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Dynamiting the Pi Long rapids and other sections of the Mekong between Thailand and Laos will harm the environment and bring trade advantages only to China, the protesters say. China's Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Researchers confirmed the discovery of 163 new species in the Greater Mekong region, according to a report from the World Wildlife Fund. See the New Species Discovered in the Mekong Region 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The Long Phu 1 power plant, which is currently under construction near Vietnam’s Mekong delta, threatens nearby farms and the local fishing industry, say environmentalists. Potential Export-Import Bank deals pose grave environmental threat, experts say 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The Greater Mekong is a global hub for illegal wildlife trade. Scientists discover 163 new species in Greater Mekong region: WWF 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z An agricultural wonder, the Mekong Delta produces half of Vietnam’s rice, but now faces growing environmental challenges. Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The flood-stricken areas are in the north, outside Vietnam's Central Highlands coffee belt and Mekong Delta food basket. Floods kill at least 13 people in central Vietnam 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The government of Communist Party-ruled Laos sees hydro-electricity exports as a way to develop its impoverished economy and plans up to nine dams on the Mekong mainstream. Laos moves ahead with plan for third contentious Mekong dam 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Go to this beautifully preserved town—with its ancient temples, French colonial villas and fishing boats on the Mekong River—before the completion of the high-speed train that will change everything. Where to Vacation in 2017? You’ll Never Guess 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Dante Lam, the movie is a cinematic spin on the investigation into the 2011 Mekong River massacre, when 13 Chinese sailors were murdered on a cargo ship. Jessica Alba crime thriller ranks first in China 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Vietnamese government planners now project that about 45 percent of the Mekong Delta will be affected by saltwater intrusion by 2030 if hydropower dams and reservoirs continue to stop water from flowing downstream. Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The knowledge generated by the commission “turned the Mekong into a political battlefield,” he said. Mekong effort fails after years of lavish foreign funding 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The river basin is already under pressure from dozens of dams built on Mekong tributaries. Laos moves ahead with plan for third contentious Mekong dam 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z While waiting to cross the Mekong River, the women talked about the difficult decisions they had had to make. She fled North Korea and turned to online sex work. Then she escaped again. 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “Operation Mekong,” which was No. 1 at the start of the month, dropped to second place with $19.1 million. Jessica Alba crime thriller ranks first in China 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The dams are not only preventing the flood waters from reaching Vietnam’s lower Mekong Delta, but also hold back the flow of sediment that enriches the soil and provides food for fish. Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Philip Hirsch, a professor of human geography at Sydney University and a Mekong expert, said donor money also paid for valuable scientific research. Mekong effort fails after years of lavish foreign funding 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The Chinese crime action film “Operation Mekong” led China’s box office last week, raking in $41.3 million in ticket sales. Mekong River massacre film tops China's box office 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Heavy rain had swollen the Mekong, and their boat missed the drop point. She fled North Korea and turned to online sex work. Then she escaped again. 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “Operation Mekong,” an action thriller about the 2011 Mekong River massacre, topped the chart with $77 million during the national weeklong holiday, according to the film industry consulting firm Artisan Gateway. Chinese films continue reign over box office during Golden Week 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z With its 2,000 miles of coastline, Vietnam presents a major environmental and food security challenge, especially in the Mekong River Delta, where 22 percent of the population lives. Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Several donors said a Mekong flood warning system was an example of money well spent. Mekong effort fails after years of lavish foreign funding 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “Operation Mekong” was inspired by the 2011 “Mekong River Massacre,” and the international furor that followed. Hong Kong thriller 'Operation Mekong' packs in plenty of drug saga chases and action sequences 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The siblings base their operations in Nakhon Phanom, a rural region on the Thai side of the Mekong river that marks the border with Laos. Revealed: the criminals making millions from illegal wildlife trafficking 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The traders fled the scene across the Mekong river to Laos. Laos promises to phase out tiger farms: Conservation groups 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z At the height of the drought, the Mekong River Commission appealed for an emergency release of water from China’s upstream Jinghong Dam in Yunnan Province. Vietnam’s fertile ‘rice bowl’ threatened by climate shifts, Chinese dams 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Simpson remembers being a young man in the war, even spending his 21st birthday in a tree in the Mekong Delta. Vietnam veterans find solace in annual reunion 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, who earned the Bronze Star in World War II and commanded small boats that patrolled the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. US Navy gives look inside futuristic $4.4B Zumwalt destroyer 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z It really raises questions around what’s the level of political support in Laos for the Mekong River Commission — and for the Western donors to the Mekong River Commission, what their approach should be. How Laos Tries to Balance Its Powerful Neighbors 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The U.S. offers scant investment but provides millions of dollars of financing for anti-opium crop projects, clearance of its unexploded bombs, child care, education, Mekong waterway rehabilitation and other programs. Obama seeks to curb China’s expanding clout, move beyond past on Laos visit 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Laos, which is developing a series of hydro power plants along one of the world's longest rivers, the Mekong, aims to become "the battery of Asia" by selling power to its neighbors. As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Under an international agreement on protecting the Mekong, the country is obliged only to consult its neighbors. Laos' thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z In Yunnan, the proposed Guonian Dam on the Mekong, known as the Lancang in China, was canceled because of its potential impact on a glacier. China’s Last Wild River Carries Conflicting Environmental Hopes 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s premier rice-growing region, is suffering its worst drought since French colonial administrators began recording statistics in 1926. Photos: Struggling to farm in a parched Vietnam land 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z A 2010 study commissioned by the Mekong River Commission warned against the building of 11 dams in Laos and Cambodia because they would trap valuable sediment and stop it from reaching the delta. Drought and ‘Rice First’ Policy Imperil Vietnamese Farmers 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z To the east, another jagged mountain range separates the Nu from the Lancang River, China’s name for the Mekong. China May Shelve Plans to Build Dams on Its Last Wild River Pianporn Deetes, a campaigner with International Rivers, an advocacy group, said the Mekong will be irreversibly damaged within the next decade without a binding agreement to control development. Laos' thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The Mekong basin is home to one-fifth of the population. Salt of the earth 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Thailand, Cambodia and Laos have 11 new dams planned between them, potentially affecting 82 percent of Mekong river's water. Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z In October, the water level in the vast Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, which feeds into the Mekong River, was perilously low. Drought and ‘Rice First’ Policy Imperil Vietnamese Farmers 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z In more immediate matters, large parts of the southern Mekong Delta region are experiencing an unprecedented drought linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon. Vietnam Approves New Prime Minister 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Unpredictable dam releases also damage riverbank gardens that line the Mekong throughout Southeast Asia. Laos' thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z People living near the Mekong say there is another problem: hydroelectric dams built in China near the head of the river that are holding up its flow. Salt of the earth 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The big dams not only reduce water volume, but also retain alluvial soil, needed to consolidate subsidence in the sinking Mekong Delta. Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z The Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s premier rice growing region, is suffering its worst drought since French colonial administrators began recording statistics in 1926. Drought and ‘Rice First’ Policy Imperil Vietnamese Farmers 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The Mekong is also one of the world's largest inland fisheries, providing a livelihood to millions of people. Vietnam is predicting "very high adverse effects" on the Mekong River environment and economy if 11 proposed dams are built on its lower mainstream 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Research indicates the combined effect of planned Mekong dams would be devastating. Laos' thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The dams are certainly stripping the Mekong of essential sediment. Salt of the earth 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z "The dams are killing the Mekong Delta," said Duong Van Ni, a lecturer at Can Tho university. Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z And water from the sea has invaded the lower reaches of the Mekong River, which is more shallow than usual, sweeping saline water farther up the delta than ever before and wiping out rice fields. Drought and ‘Rice First’ Policy Imperil Vietnamese Farmers 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The warning is the result of a 2 1/2 year study submitted by Vietnam to the Mekong River Commission comprising Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Vietnam is predicting "very high adverse effects" on the Mekong River environment and economy if 11 proposed dams are built on its lower mainstream 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The effects of existing Chinese dams are apparent to many across the Mekong from Laos in the sleepy northern Thailand town of Chiang Khong, which once bustled with hundreds of fishing boats. Laos' thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The five Southeast Asian countries that run along the Mekong represent a key market for China under a sweeping strategy to boost trade and foreign investment called "One Belt, One Road." Leaders from China and five neighboring Southeast Asian countries have met in a southern Chinese resort city amid wariness but also hope for greater regional cooperation 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The sprawling Mekong Delta has been worst hit by salination in a region that provides half of Vietnam's rice and 60 percent of its shrimp and fish. Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z As the boat entered the Mekong Delta it damaged its rudder and lost its steering. Vietnamese boat people: living to tell the tale 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The Xiaowan dam on the Mekong River supplies power to cities and industry on China’s booming south coast. Some of Our Favorite David Guttenfelder Photos 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Even building a few dams on the lower Mekong will dramatically compound the damage to a river basin that 60 million people rely on, according to scientific models of dam impacts. Laos' thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z During the war, he patrolled the Mekong in a Swift boat. U.S. looks to increase aid to Laos to help clear unexploded bombs 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z In Mesa, get off at the Main Street/Sycamore stop and walk five minutes to Mekong Plaza. Phoenix Essentials: Dining, hikes, art and sunshine 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Then she saw the fishing boat moored on the Mekong River and understood she might never see Vietnam again. Vietnamese boat people: living to tell the tale 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The Xiaowan dam on the Mekong River supplies power to cities and industry on China’s booming south coast. Some of Our Favorite David Guttenfelder Photos 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Under Mr. Obama, the President’s Malaria Initiative has grown into a $618 million program that works in 19 African countries as well as the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia. Obama’s Goal to Wipe Out Malaria May Be a Dream Too Far 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The world's most biodiverse river basins—the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong—are experiencing an unprecedented boom in construction of hydropower dams. Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong | Science 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest There are plans for 11 new dams on the Upper Mekong river, with 88 more on its tributaries. Hydro dam boom threatens a third of the world's freshwater fish 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Siamese rosewood is a hardwood species confined to the remaining forested areas of just four countries in the Mekong region – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Thailand's forest rangers step up training in violent 'blood wood' war 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The Xiaowan dam on the Mekong River supplies power to cities and industry on China’s booming south coast. Some of Our Favorite David Guttenfelder Photos 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z A billion and a half people are nourished by water from the Tibetan plateau, which pours out into the Yangtze, the Yellow River, the Mekong, the Ganges, and the other legendary rivers reaching across Asia. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z And another major plant financed by Chinese loans is under construction on the Mekong River Delta south of Ho Chi Minh City. China’s Emissions Pledges Are Undercut by Boom in Coal Projects Abroad 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z In late 2007, an influential Chinese official visited remote villages along the Mekong River in Laos. China Creates an Asian Bank, as the U.S. Stands Aloof 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The longest river in Southeast Asia, the Mekong runs for 2,600 miles from the Tibetan Plateau down to the South China Sea. To Dam or Not to Dam? 12 Photos of the Mekong River 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z WATCH: National Geographic fellow Zeb Hogan helps release a rare monster catfish in the Mekong River near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Video: Rare Giant Catfish Signals Hope for Species 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The MRC covers four countries in the lower Mekong region: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Climate Change: Mekong Delta heads for troubled waters - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z He photographed their escape through China into the subtropical forests of Laos, crossing the Mekong River into Thailand, from where the defectors would often return to their home peninsula but in South Korea. A Photographer’s Meditation on Jet Lag 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Pigs were domesticated from wild boar at least twice, in Anatolia in present day Turkey and in the Mekong Valley in China, both about 9,000 years ago. Domesticated Pigs Kept Oinking with Wild (and Crazy) Boars 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Explore the rapids, waterfalls, and islands of Southeast Asia’s Mekong river. To Dam or Not to Dam? 12 Photos of the Mekong River 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z A group of Cambodian fishermen caught quite a surprise earlier this month: a massive Mekong giant catfish, the first one seen in the country in a year. Rare Giant Catfish Signals Hope for Species 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z "By changing the river's hydrology, blocking fish migration and affecting the river's ecology, the construction of dams on the Lower Mekong will have repercussions throughout the basin." Climate Change: Mekong Delta heads for troubled waters - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z At a small restaurant on the Mekong's banks across from the casino, an ethnic Chinese woman from Kachin state in Myanmar, also known as Burma, sat chopping vegetables. In Laos' economic zone, a casino and illicit trade beckon in 'lawless playground' 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The policy was aimed at protecting the headwaters of Asia’s three major rivers — the Yellow River, the Yangtze and the Mekong. Inside the Quiet Lives of China’s Disappearing Tibetan Nomads 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z These photographs show the unique landscape of the 4,000 islands area and the essential role the Mekong river plays in residents’ lives. To Dam or Not to Dam? 12 Photos of the Mekong River 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z In the 1800s, thousands of Mekong giant catfish were caught in the river every year. Rare Giant Catfish Signals Hope for Species 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z As inland river water gets saltier, rice farmers across the lower Mekong delta are responding by switching to shrimp farming or growing reeds. Climate Change: Mekong Delta heads for troubled waters - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z For one, archaeological evidence now indicates that pigs were domesticated at least twice, once in China’s Mekong valley and once in Anatolia, the region in modern-day Turkey between the Black, Mediterranean, and Aegean seas. The taming of the pig took some wild turns 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Under the agreement, the 12 countries — encompassing places like the Peruvian rain forest and the diverse Mekong Delta in Vietnam — must commit to obeying existing wildlife trafficking treaties and its own environmental laws. Trade Negotiators Reach Environmental Accord 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Fish wash up on a weir in the Mekong river near the island of Nakasoum. To Dam or Not to Dam? 12 Photos of the Mekong River 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z As their name implies, Mekong giant catfish live in the Mekong River system in Southeast Asia. Rare Giant Catfish Signals Hope for Species 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Lush greenery in the lower Mekong region sprawls as far as the eye can see, an illustration of just how fertile the delta is. Climate Change: Mekong Delta heads for troubled waters - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z In October 2013, a civilian plane operated by Lao Airlines plunged into the Mekong River in bad weather, killing all 49 people on board. Rescuers search for survivors after military helicopter crashes in Laos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z They will enter Laos, cross the Mekong River into Thailand, and be placed in an immigration detention center before being sent to South Korea. How a Young Girl Escaped the Prison That Is North Korea 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Fish wash up on a weir in the Mekong river near the island of Nakasoum. To Dam or Not to Dam? 12 Photos of the Mekong River 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z As resettlement gained momentum a decade ago, the government said that overgrazing was imperiling the vast watershed that nourishes the Yellow, Yangtze and the Mekong rivers, China’s most important waterways. China Fences In Its Nomads, and an Ancient Life Withers 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam are planning to follow China's lead by building a dozen more dams on the lower Mekong. Climate Change: Mekong Delta heads for troubled waters - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The fresh aid was announced at the conclusion of a summit meeting in Tokyo between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Mekong region leaders. Japan pledges $6 billion to Mekong nations as China prepares new bank 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The following day I bought a dugout canoe from a fisherman for $100 and began a journey down the Mekong. Going With the Flow on the Mekong River 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Fish wash up on a weir in the Mekong river near the island of Nakasoum. To Dam or Not to Dam? 12 Photos of the Mekong River 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z |
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