I just received an email from Pandaw, my favorite Aasin river cruise company, letting me know that they had once again improved their Mekong River cruise sailings. They were now offering a ...

Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice ...

Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency ...

The Mekong River's giant salmon carp is so elusive that scientists call it the "Mekong ghost." With only 30 recorded sightings since 1991 and none since 2005, many assumed the Cambodian behemoth ...

The Mekong Kingdoms' Boheme on the Mekong River. The ship made its debut in December. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Mekong Kingdoms As my fellow cruisers and I stepped aboard the top deck of the ...

The Mekong River, fed by a series of tributaries, flows for 4,900 kilometres from its source in the Tibetan plateau through China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the sea.

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 ...

The China-backed Techo Funan Canal, which will connect the Mekong River to the country’s coast, has given rise to environmental and security concerns. The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to ...

This phase will urgently take up the issue of water infrastructure that is posing an immediate threat to river dolphin populations. This is especially critical in the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin ...