The Mekong river system suffers from pollution and increasing ... the highest number of any nation in the Greater Mekong region. Among the new species in Vietnam is Uropsilus fansipanensis ...

An even greater danger to the fishery looms in northern Cambodia itself, on a tributary of the Mekong called the Tonle San, or Sesan River. The Sesan originates in Vietnam and meets the Mekong ...

The Scaling Up One Health Approaches in the Greater Mekong Subregion report, published by ADB, highlights the urgent need for ...

The Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia through which the Mekong river flows comprises the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China (including Yunnan province). The region ...

Shifting to a green economy that recognizes the value of nature is crucial for millions of people in the Greater Mekong, now and in the future. The region urgently needs to move away from an economic ...

Desert sand is too smooth to bind to make concrete, so sand is taken from river beds such as the Mekong A crisis is engulfing the Mekong River, its banks are collapsing and half a million people ...

Despite its gargantuan size, but also because of it, the giant catfish lives a tenuous existence in the murky waters of its native river, Southeast Asia’s Mekong, where its numbers have ...

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 ...

PHNOM PENH: A total of 234 new species were described in the Greater Mekong region in 2023, including a high-altitude crocodile newt, a soft-furred hedgehog and a newly identified genus of palm ...