The Mekong, known as the Lancang River in China, is a vital waterway for cross-border shipping. The four countries have been conducting joint patrols on the river since December 2011.

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

Desert sand is too smooth to bind to make concrete, so sand is taken from river beds such as the Mekong A crisis is engulfing the Mekong River, its banks are collapsing and half a million people ...

The China-backed Techo Funan Canal, which will connect the Mekong River to the country’s coast ... often hailed as an economic boon, could end up weighing down economic growth.

Despite its gargantuan size, but also because of it, the giant catfish lives a tenuous existence in the murky waters of its native river, Southeast Asia’s Mekong, where its numbers have ...

River folk have learned to read the moods of the Mekong, which tell them when to ... everything pulled from the waters ends up at the wet market. What culinary magic can they produce?

Law enforcement departments from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand conduct the "Vision 2024" joint crackdown action exercise against illegal activities in the Mekong River region in Muong Mom ...