Animal world
There will be no tigers in Asia
The number of tigers in the Mekong basin, including Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, has been alarmingly reduced from 1,200 (1998) to only about 350 (2010).
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Animal world
Discovered 3 new animals in Vietnam
National Geographic Magazine (USA) reported that scientists from the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) announced the discovery of more than 145 new species…
Animal world
Discovered 163 new species in the Mekong region
After a period of synthesis, a working environmental research group for the International Nature Fund (WWF) has just announced 163 new species discovered last year in th…
Environment
Thailand studies a flow of a tributary of the Mekong
The Royal Thai Irrigation Bureau is studying the transfer of the Loei River mouth, a tributary of the Mekong River, to bring water to agricultural areas in the Northeast.
Environment
More than 100 people died from floods and heavy rains in Cambodia
Floods from the Mekong River and heavy rain over the past 3 weeks have killed at least 104 people and affected about 1.5 million people in Cambodia.
Environment
Reduce the environmental impact of the Mekong River
Located downstream of the Mekong River, Vietnam is at risk of suffering tremendous impacts, unforeseen from programs and projects on the mainstream development upstream.
Environment
More than 87.3 million USD to overcome the disaster of Mekong River
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to support 87.39 million USD for Laos and Vietnam to upgrade their infrastructure and enhance forecasting to improve readine…
Environment
Sambor dam should not be built on the Mekong mainstream
Since the Sambor mainstream dam was planned to build, residents of Kratie Province (Cambodia) have lived in a heaving fear of the consequences that this hydropower proje…
Environment
The Mekong Delta provinces are penetrated by saltwater 70km deep
According to Southern Institute of Water Resources Research, from mid to late March 2012, saline water with salinity of 0.1 ‰ will penetrate 70km deep in the Mekong Delt…
Environment
Small dams threaten fish species on the Mekong River
According to the latest research published by US scientists, plans to build hydropower dams along small tributaries of the Mekong River could cause unmatchable harm to m…
Environment
Ecological crisis threatens the Mekong sub-region
Scientists constantly discover new species in the Mekong sub-region, but this area is also facing an ecological crisis.
Environment
Emergency news on the Mekong River
The Mekong River flood in Cambodia has peaked and is slowing down; the upstream area of the Mekong River and Dong Thap Muoi (DTM) and the Long Xuyen Quadrangle (TGLX)…
Environment
Disaster management for the Lower Mekong countries
In order to develop disaster management capabilities for the four countries in the lower Mekong River, Vietnam and the United States have organized a seminar on managing…
Environment
Laos still built roads to Xayaburi project
The route to the area planned to build the Xayaburi dam, a work that the Lao government recently decided to suspend, will still be made to serve people.
Environment
Experts call on Laos to abandon the hydroelectric dam
After the Mekong River Commission (MRC) decided to discuss more about Laos' controversial hydropower dam, scientists and environmental organizations in the region contin…