UNR says it received an order to stop work on three projects meant for developing global partnerships and scientific research ...

Dam construction on the lower Mekong is overseen, nominally, by the Mekong River Commission (MRC). Funded by international development agencies and by its four member nations—Vietnam ...

An American funding collaborative is on a mission to help environmental advocates in Southeast Asia protect the Mekong River. Can it do so while navigating the tide of regional politics?

Despite its limitations, the body is key to ongoing efforts to save one of the world’s largest and longest rivers.

Data collected by the Mekong River Commission indicates that the reversal of Tonle Sap River is increasingly occurring later in the year, delaying the onset of the vital lake’s expansion.

A document submitted in August 2023 to the Mekong River Commission — an organization formed for cooperation on issues ...

The 684 MW Sanakham hydroelectric dam project across the Mekong River, close to the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Khan District, Loei Province, will cost an estimated $2.07 billion. The dam, if completed, ...

For different reasons, both projects remain beyond the purview of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), an inter-governmental organisation through which Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam try to ...

said a representative of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), citing results of mathematical modelling. Such water level volatility would also harm the natural process of sediment ...