Expert Views and Analysis: China's Influence
Upstream Dams Cause Downstream Concerns: Chinese dams on the Upper Mekong River are creating erratic fluctuations on water flow. Yet, people living of...
Traveling Down the Mekong River
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The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia and supports the lives of 70 million people from Tibet to Vietnam. Our reporters undertook the journey to tell their stories in blog posts, video diaries and images.
Expert Views and Analysis: Damming the Mekong
The Mekong River basin currently provides 1,600 megawatts of electricity and has potential for 30,000 megawatts,. But is the cost of modernization too...
Expert Views and Analysis: Mekong Fisheries
The Mekong River is the world's most productive fishery – supplying critical food security for the region. But experts cite declining animal protein a...
Expert Views and Analysis: People of the River
The Mekong Basin is home to 100 languages and 70 million of the world's poorest people, for whom any ecological change—man-made or natural—could drast...
The End of the River
At the mouth of the Mekong River, climate change is affecting the livelihoods of both those who fish the river and those who fish the sea.
Vietnam's Rice Bowl
Seasonal rice harvests in the Mekong River Delta are threatened by the rise of sea tides due to climate change.
Vietnam's Floating Marketplace
The Mekong Delta has traditionally served as a nexus of commerce to the people of southern Vietnam, but development is threatening the livelihood of a...
Fishing the River
Rising Mekong waters also expand the Tonle Sap, giving Cambodians a steady fishing income, for a time.
Festivities on the Mekong
Cambodians gather in the capital, Phnom Penh, to witness annual boat races and fireworks.
Rare Dolphins at Risk
Overfishing, pollution, and development of the Mekong River in Cambodia could kill off a rare species.