The Laos Government is preparing to build the seventh of nine planned large-scale mega dams on the Mekong River in 2022. The latest project in its...
The Mekong River Commission reports China has notified downstream neighbours it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway’s upper...
Local groups and conservationists opposed to massive Mekong River development are raising the stakes and involving Western nations. After almost two decades of campaigning against hydro-dams...
The Golden Kings Romans casino kingpin Zhao Wei the U.S. has designated a transnational crime boss is building a new port on the Mekong River in...
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has promised five Southeast Asian partners priority access to a covid-19 coronavirus vaccine and pledged to share water control information for...
Laos is pushing ahead with the Luang Prabang dam hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries. Especially over its potential to...
"China has funded numerous hydropower projects inside Laos, and it has built 11 dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River"
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Mekong River Commission researcher say the record-low water level may be caused by low regional rainfall. Even more climate change which is turning the weather hotter...
Dams in China are choking the Mekong a waterway on which millions depend for their livelihoods.
Water levels on the Mekong River, which flows through China and five other countries have dropped once again. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has warned of...
Thailand’s Department of Water Resources has warned eight provinces on the Mekong river to prepare for water shortages. Chinese cargo ships have now stopped operating on...
China has closed a 60-kilometre section of Mekong River to all types of boats indefinitely while rock blasting is undertaken. The blasting is to widen the...
A confluence of drought and dams along the Mekong River has renewed concerns about the future of the 4,700-kilometer waterway. Upon which tens of millions of...
The Mighty Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine colour that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams in China, experts...
Chief Executive Carrie Lam imposed the ban last month by invoking colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than a half century.
Dozens of hydroelectric dams are lowering levels and damaging a fragile ecosystem for the lower Mekong River basin.
BANGKOK – China’sForeign Minister Wang Yi, has pledged that China will help Thailand manage water in the Mekong River that it now completely controls. China just...
CHIANG RAI – By this time of year, the Mekong River should have been rising steadily with the monsoon rains, bringing fishermen a bounty of fat...
CHIANG RAI – Mekong River Conservationists have lodged a petition calling for governments of countries along the Mekong River to review upcoming hydro-dam projects. The petition...