Secretariat is warning about a "moderately serious" situation following the detection of heavy metal contamination in the Mekong River, believed to have originated from poorly regulated mining ...

Going With the Flow on the Mekong River: Taking barges, buses and boats from Laos to the South China Sea, a journey down the Mekong is a step back in time.

China limited the Mekong’s flow; other countries suffered a drought . April 13, 2020 at 8:54 am Updated April 13, 2020 at 10:40 am . By . HANNAH BEECH. The New York Times.

Water samples collected from the Kok River and nearby stretches of the Mekong revealed arsenic concentrations exceeding the ...

Cambodia's Fortunes Ebb And Flow Along The Mekong Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Asia. But it hasn't always been that way, and the Mekong River has been key to its periods of prosperity.

The Mekong’s natural water flows began to change when China built the first of six big hydropower dams in the river’s upstream reaches. In 1995, recognizing the value of the Mekong’s waters to their ...

The Mekong, stretching nearly 5,000 km (3,000 miles) from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, is a farming and fishing lifeline for tens of millions of people in China, Laos, Myanmar ...

In 2020, China's dams removed "as much water" as possible and withheld 10% of the water from the Mekong, reducing the flow of the river downstream during the wet season, said Eyler.

The issue of FDI attraction was recently discussed at the “Prospect for infrastructure development and economic growth in the Mekong Delta” forum held on June 10 in Can Tho. Experts at the forum ...

What threats does the Mekong River face? Unfortunately, the diversity and prosperity of the river is at risk. Unsustainable construction, fishing and resource extraction are pushing the Mekong to the ...

The Mekong is one of the most fertile rivers on earth, nurturing tens of millions of people with its nutrient rich waters and fisheries. But a series of dams, mostly in China, have robbed the ...