The Khone Falls in Laos stretch the breadth of the Mekong river and prevent it from acting as a commercially viable transportation route. Photo by Gareth Bright. Low Season, High Effort ...

Si Phan Don, Laos, Sep 16 (EFE). — The construction of a dam in Laos is endangering the ecosystem of the Mekong river, one of the world’s largest rivers running a length of 5,000 km (3,107 ...

The Khone Phapheng waterfall, just a few miles from the border with Cambodia, was the dramatic starting point for my second Mekong journey: a cruise upstream to the town of Pakse, travelling ...

Text and photographs by Kyle Dickman.I'm at Khone Falls on the Mekong River in Laos with filmmaker-kayaker Trip Jennings (above, center) and Zeb Hogan (below), the host of the National Geographic ...

Like many incurable travel romantics, I was looking forward to tuning in to the four-part BBC2 series on the Mekong River, fronted by the Great British Bake-off supremo, Sue Perkins.

About 700 miles (1,125 kilometers) south of the Xayaburi construction site, on the border between Laos and Cambodia, the Mekong roars over a jumble of basalt cliffs, forming Khone Falls—a welter ...

In Laos, Daovong Phonekeo, director general of Laos’ Department of Energy Policy and Planning, told Voice of America: “For the development of the Mekong River, we don’t need consensus!” ...

The majestic Mekong River stretches some 4,350 km from the Tibetan plateau to the South China Sea, carving through China’s Yunnan province, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Around 60 ...

The future of decision-making around the region's most vital resource - the mighty Mekong River - is once again under the spotlight. The Mekong River Commission's (MRC) Joint Committee, comprised ...

Laos is facing increasing pressure to delay construction of a 260 megawatt dam on the Lower Mekong River because of concerns about its environmental and social impacts. A gathering last week in ...

The Laos government has been sharply rebuked by regional governments and environmentalists for ignoring their concerns and pressing ahead with plans to construct yet another dam on the Mekong ...