Mainland Southeast Asia is entering its fourth year of drought, with climate change and unrelenting dam construction taking an unprecedented toll on the Mekong River and the 65 million people who ...

The region’s worst drought in 90 years, combined with rising sea levels and rampant development are causing a crisis in the Mekong Delta, known as Vietnam’s rice bowl. The delta is home to 20 ...

As China’s section of the Mekong welcomed an above average volume of water, downstream countries were stricken by a drought so crushing that parts of the river dried up entirely, leaving cracked ...

A severe drought that has caused water levels in Southeast Asia’s Mekong River to drop to their lowest in more than 100 years could have devastating consequences for fish, as well as the tens of ...

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is suffering from its worst drought in nearly a century, and the effects have been devastating. Experts claim that the drought is caused in part by this year’s El Niño ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – After a year of severe drought that hit the region, the inter-state agency Mekong River Commission (MRC) has laid out new measures to mitigate the effects of the crisis ...

Geng was quoted by the state-owned Xinhua news agency as saying the drought was caused by natural conditions. But he also promised to improve the sharing of information about the Mekong with ...

Vietnam’s prolonged drought, coupled with an extensive buildup ... one of the provinces that announced the emergency in the Mekong Delta.

China's Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels upstream, a U.S ...

HANOI, Vietnam – As China opened one of its six dams on the upper Mekong River last month to help parched Southeast Asian countries down river cope with a record drought, it was hailed as ...

A severe drought in Southeast Asia and southern China has caused the Mekong River to drop to a 50-year low. In Thailand, trade on the river has dried up and farmers say they do not have enough ...