Mekong river

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How Vietnam’s Rice-First Policy Weakened the Mekong Delta Against Climate Change

Michael Tatarski 28/07/2021

Decades of intensive agriculture and water mismanagement have left...

Men stand at their collapsed houses damaged by landslide along Mekong river in Can Tho city, Vietnam December 17, 2018. Picture taken December 17, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Kham

From Tibet to the ‘Nine Dragons’, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Is Losing Sand

Mai Nguyen and James Pearson 14/01/2019

Across the region, local authorities are struggling with a...

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Thailand’s Energy Review Delays Launch of Controversial Mekong Dam

Tom Fawthrop 14/06/2018

The Chinese-backed Pak Beng dam in Laos was supposed...

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What’s at Stake in China’s Plan to Blow up Islands in the Mekong

Alan Marshall 18/05/2017

If the river islands are bombed away and if...