Landlocked Laos is comprised of thickly forested and mountainous terrain. The Mekong River forms a large part of the country's western border with Thailand. Most children in Laos live in rural areas, ...

became the first to dam the main stem of the river. ThailandThe hunger for electricity in Thailand is driving dam construction on the lower Mekong in Laos and Cambodia. Bangkok’s CentralWorld ...

Cracking open bottles of ice-cold Beerlao, we gaze across the Mekong River, eyes peeled for elusive ... day boat trip from Thailand into central Laos. While the elephants evade us, multiple ...

Five years after the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos began operations ... The China-backed Techo Funan Canal, which will connect the Mekong River to the country’s coast, has given rise to ...

River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main artery, winds 4,900km through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Its basin is dotted with 190 ...

BANGKOK--Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected to start later this year, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday.