CHIANG RAI – In Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the battle against malaria is advancing at a rapid pace. Between 2012 and 2017, reported malaria...
After decades of decline, critically endangered river dolphins in the Mekong have increased in population for the first time in a census released by the World...
BANGKOK– A few weeks ago, the 3rd Mekong River Commission Summit took place in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The Summit is held every four years, bringing together...
SIEM REAP – The four member countries of the Mekong River Commission today confronted predictions of social and environmental disaster if damming and other development projects...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia – The prime ministers of the four countries in the downstream Mekong River basin agreed this week to boost collaboration for sustainable development,...
SIEM REAP – The prime ministers of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam will endorse a declaration to strengthen joints efforts and partnerships in the region during...
CHIANG RAI – A report published by the Lowy Institute says that biodiversity and precious resources of the Mekong are increasingly under danger because of the...
– CHIANG RAI – An environmental activist from Chiang Rai’s Rak Chiang Khong, Jirasak Inthayot, said yesterday that the Mekong River ecosystem has been devastated from...
–CHIANG RAI – Various agencies of the northernmost province of Chiang Rai have co-organized an activity to promote a northern delicacy at the Pracharat must-visit market...
– CHIANG RAI – Researchers backed by multi-million-dollar grants from NASA are heading to Southeast Asia’s Mekong River region to find ways to improve dams so...
– BEIJING – Officials from southwest China’s Yunnan province have defended a plan to build a dam in the region as “fully legally compliant”, after...
– CHIANG RAI – Residents of a village in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district has turned the annual drought into an opportunity by harvesting Mekong weeds...
– CHIANG RAI – Small freight vessels and passenger cruises have resumed services after the water level rose above two metres on a stretch of the...
– CHIANG RAI – The Marine Office in Chiang Rai province has warned operators of cargo and cruise boats between Chiang Rai and South China in...
– CHIANG RAI – More than 10 cargo boats have been grounded in the Mekong River near Chiang Rai after the river receded considerably in recent...
CHIANG RAI – Rak Chiang Khong a local conservation group based in Chiang Rai province is contacting the Beijing-based Friends of Nature (FON) to seek advice...
– CHIANG RAI – The representatives of six Mekong nations formulated guidelines at an academic conference in Chiang Rai on how to share information and technology...
– CHIANG RAI – China has stopped discharging water from Yunnan Dam into the Mekong River, affecting boat services on the Mekong River in Chiang Rai...
– NAKHON PHANOM – Thai Security forces seized 11.1 million methamphetamine tablets and arrested a Lao national at a Mekong River pier in Tha Uthen district...
– LAOS – Two North Korean women drowned last Friday on the arduous trek across Asia to South Korea when their boat capsized in the Mekong...