CHIANG RAI, Thailand - Bean sprout farmer Orapin Waotikon describes life along the Mekong River as “throwing the dice”. At the crack of dawn every day, the 56-year-old woman heads to the river ...

It’s the longest river in Southeast Asia ... VietnamAt a rice-processing plant in the Mekong Delta (left), Vietnamese women joke with one another during a break from filling bags with rice.

Ever wanted to explore Southeast Asia but you’re not sure where to start? The Mekong River spans an impressive 5,000 kilometres through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and China.

Citizens in northern Thailand staged protests along the shore of the Mekong River in Chiang Rai province ... environmental activists and representatives of women’s rights groups, joined the ...