Mekong Archives

Deadly flooding displaces thousands across Mekong region

By October 12, 2020November 5, 2020

Extreme rainfall leaves two dead in Cambodia, five in Vietnam as incoming tropical depression expected to worsen situation.

Room for the river: Mitigating flood risk in South and Southeast Asia

By October 10, 2020November 5, 2020

All estimates to build dams for flood control are based on prior long-term trends. Due to climate change, these trends are altering more and more.

China starts diplomatic drive to win over Southeast Asian countries

By October 10, 2020November 5, 2020

China is launching a charm offensive in Southeast Asia after the United States launched a Mekong river partnership in the region.

New US Aid for Southeast Asia Takes Aim at Chinese Influence

By October 9, 2020November 5, 2020

“The thing is, China doesn’t ask difficult questions as to what the conditions would be if it invested, and they are very flexible.”

Dragon uses water as a strategic weapon to control lower riparian states

By October 4, 2020November 27, 2020

This is clear from the manner it has built a large number of dams and dikes to control the flow of rivers on the Indus, Brahmaputra and Mekong.

Thao Nguyen Phan review – tribute to the Mekong River’s myth and might

By October 4, 2020November 5, 2020

The Mekong is the broken harp string, the thread forced beyond its power. A mighty river that has sustained life for millennia; mined for sand and drained for irrigation; dammed and over-fished.

Living Planet: The curse of clean energy — hydropower on the Mekong

By October 2, 2020November 5, 2020

China’s dam building is causing dire impacts on the waters and fertile soil that feed hundreds of millions of people.

The perils of life in Beijing’s backyard

By October 1, 2020November 5, 2020

Its stretch of the Mekong is narrow, deep and thinly populated, making it suitable for dam-building allowing China to reap the benefits of hydropower generation, while exporting most of the environmental costs.