This video features the Si Phan Don (4,000 Islands) region of the Mekong River in Champasak Province, Laos, where one of Asia ...

This boat tour follows the Hàm Luông River through Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, where broad waterways are bordered by dense ...

SOC TRANG, Vietnam (Reuters) -Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ...

The bend in the Mekong River where Laotian authorities want to build the Pak Beng hydropower dam is described as one of the most beautiful stretches along all of the 4,000-kilometer (2700-mile) river.

Hydropower projects, including a spree of mega-dams in China, have had a significant impact on the midstream reaches of the Mekong River, exacerbating drought conditions and altering the river’s flow ...

(Aperture X/Moment/Getty Images) All over the world, industrial sand mining is extracting river sediment much, much faster ...

Around 1,000 participants took part in the Run for the Mekong River Dolphins in northeastern Stung Treng province on Sunday, according ...

Today the population of 85 Irrawaddy dolphins that inhabits the Mekong River in Cambodia faces great danger. Gill nets, the proposed construction of hydropower dams, and unplanned development all ...

A frequent contributor to National Geographic, Stefan Lovgren often writes about freshwater conservation issues. He covers the Mekong River as part of the USAID project “Wonders of the Mekong”. Follow ...

Painting Bullseyes: What Iran’s Attacks on US Bases Mean for the Indo-Pacific This year’s drought is just a preview of more dire problems to come if government don’t change course. Low water levels in ...

Addressing an event for the 2026 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Week on Water Resources in Beijing, Wang Hongming, ...