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Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions.

Cambodia has broken ground to build a $1.7 billion, China-funded canal to eventually link its capital Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand

The Independent UK

Cambodia starts work on canal linking Mekong River to sea

Phnom Penh says $1.7bn project economic as Vietnam worries it could be used by Chinese warships.

Al Jazeera

Cambodia PM Launches Project Linking Mekong River To Sea Via Canal

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday launched a controversial $1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea.

International Business Times

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'I Feel Empty': Cambodians On Canal Route Await Fate

Food stand owner Dem Mech wells up as he sits in the yard of the home he will lose if Cambodia proceeds with a massive new canal running from the Mekong river to the sea.

International Business Times

Cambodia Looks To 'Breathe' With Controversial New Canal

Dust covers everything in Lim Tong Eng's yard, thrown up by excavators toiling next door to enlarge a channel that Cambodia's government hopes will soon be a major shipping canal.

International Business Times

Technological Shift Among Southeast Asian Organized Crime Groups 'Revolutionized' Crypto Laundering: UN

Organized crime groups in Southeast Asia, particularly those in the Mekong area, have adapted to the technological era, allowing for the proliferation of underground banking and crypto laundering.

International Business Times

River deltas are threatened by more than climate change – leaving hundreds of millions of people at risk

Perilously situated between rising sea levels and pressures from upstream lie coastal river deltas and their roughly half a billion inhabitants. These regions have played an important role in societal development since the last ice age, offering flat, fertile lands with abundant freshwater which are ideal for agriculture.

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Vietnam can help India deal with stubble: top official

Vietnam offers solution to India's smog crisis: Gov. Bùi văn Nghiêm suggests using agricultural machinery to deal with stubble, holding annual festival of Indian & Vietnamese food to boost tourism & exchange of food culture. Both sides should collaborate to revive green revolution spirit & increase bilateral trade.

The Hindu

Major Laos dam project sparks fears for environment and local heritage

The construction of a major new dam on the Mekong River in Laos is causing widespread concern. The small country of 7.5 million inhabitants aspires to become the leading low-carbon energy producer in southeast Asia. Since the 2000s, some 80 hydroelectric power plants have been built along the Mekong and…

France 24

What China dams mean for Mekong

The worries and woes about the impacts of China's dams along the Mekong River have been simmering since their construction more than two decades ago.

Bangkok Post

Laos' heritage town needs preservation

Few sites anywhere in Asia can match the charm and cultural importance of Luang Prabang, the old royal capital of Laos situated on the Mekong River. With a legacy dating back some 800 years, the town and its verdant riverside surroundings were inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in…

Bangkok Post

How much is the world's most productive river worth? Here's how experts estimate the value of nature

Southeast Asia’s Mekong may be the most important river in the world. Known as the “mother of waters,” it is home to the world’s largest inland fishery, and the huge amounts of sediments it transports feed some of the planet’s most fertile farmlands. Tens of millions of people depend on…

The Conversation

Cambodia records 1st rare Mekong River dolphin death in 2023

PHNOM PENH: A rare Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin has been found dead after being entangled in fishermen's illegal gillnets in northeast Cambodia, the Fisheries Administration said in a statement on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand: From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home.

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Life on the Mekong and Mississippi

To celebrate 190 years of US-Thai diplomatic relations, the art exhibition "Rivers Of Life" has been organised by the US embassy, ICONSIAM and the Chiang Khong community of Chiang Rai. On view at ICONSIAM, the exhibition features two videos -- I See That You Don't See created by Montika Kam-On,…

Bangkok Post

Battle to save Cambodia's river dolphins from extinction

KRATIE, Cambodia: Bulging grey heads break the turbid waters of the Mekong River in Cambodia as a pod of rare Irrawaddy dolphins surfaces to breathe, drawing excited murmurs from tourists watching from nearby boats.

The News Lens

Heavy Rains Improve Mekong Life, but Concerns Remain

Many fishers say that although bumper catches were helped by illegal electric nets, the harvest was still low because of dams.

Bangkok Post

21kg 'ice' in packages labelled Chinese tea

NAKHON PHANOM: An army patrol seized 21 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine packaged as Chinese tea from the bank of the Mekong River, and arrested one suspect, in That Phanom district.

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Bangkok Post

Sacks of meth pills seized on Mekong river bank

NAKHON PHANOM: A patrol from the navy's Mekong Riverine Unit (MRU) seized 142,000 methamphetamine pills in two sacks from the bank of the Mekong river in Tha Uthen district late on Saturday night. Nobody was arrested.

Bangkok Post

Large meth seizure on riverbank in Nong Khai

KHON KAEN: Two men were arrested with 998,000 methamphetamine pills on the bank of the Mekong river in Muang district of Nong Khai province in the small hours on Saturday, police said on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Did China deliver a snub to Myanmar’s military regime?

Observers see China keeping Myanmar’s generals at a distance by not responding to Lancang-Mekong Cooperation invite.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cambodian Leader Orders Mekong Safe Zones to Save Rare Dolphins

Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins, after three were killed by fishing nets and lines last month. The Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their bulging foreheads and short beaks, once swam through much of the mighty…

Reuters

How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment

Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta.

Bangkok Post

Two arrested with contraband ganja

NAKHON PHANOM: A Mekong Riverine Unit patrol arrested two men with 257 kilogrammes of contraband marijuana from Laos, in That Phanom district late on Sunday night, police said.

Al Jazeera

Cambodia’s Mekong dolphin is dying despite efforts to save it

The dolphin’s decline is a stark illustration of the global biodiversity crisis and the challenges of conservation.

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