The Mekong River Commission, an organization formed for cooperation on issues regarding the river by the countries through which it flows — Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam — said its ...

CORRECTS TYPO - In this June 20, 2016, photo, a Cambodian tourist boat owner Phoy Vanna drives his wooden boat near a construction site of the Don Sahong dam on the Mekong River near Cambodia-Laos ...

Nestled amid the mountains of northern Laos, the picturesque ancient capital of Luang Prabang is under siege from a dam-building fever along the Mekong River, with a Thai developer now pushing to ...

Cruising Down the Mekong River in Laos. ... Kathryn, and I top off a busy two weeks of temple tourism in Cambodia and Thailand with a short trip down the Mekong River.

The Mekong River has changed from the days when it was a staple of the 6 o’clock news during the Vietnam War 40 years ago. The only incursions were boys doing cartwheels in the shallows and ...

Fisherman catch fish in Mekong river in front of construction site of Luang Prabang dam in Luang Prabang, Laos, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site nearly ...

Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people.

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Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm World Heritage site of Luang Prabang Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its Southeast Asian neighbors, so it instead ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos — Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rive… ...