A river monster thought to be extinct has been spotted again. The giant salmon carp, nicknamed ‘the ghost fish’, has been ...

An even greater danger to the fishery looms in northern Cambodia itself, on a tributary of the Mekong called the Tonle San, or Sesan River. The Sesan originates in Vietnam and meets the Mekong ...

Large river engineering projects on the river's tributaries are the biggest threats. The largest and longest river in South-East Asia, the Mekong supports the second most diverse river faunas in the ...

Unfortunately, the diversity and prosperity of the river is at risk ... These include removing obsolete dams to let the Mekong and its tributaries flow more naturally, as well as steps to restore ...

adults left in the Mekong River. Overfishing is the primary cause of the giant catfish’s decline, but damming of Mekong tributaries, destruction of spawning and breeding grounds, and siltation ...

The Mekong Serenity is a new five-star luxury ship on the Mekong that’s part of APT’s Vietnam and Cambodia itineraries. In ...

“Last night, when I was patrolling the area, the water level suddenly dropped,” she tells ST during an interview in February 2024 on the Tonle Srepok river, a tributary of the Mekong.

Affectionally referred to as the “Mother of Water,” the Mekong River, one of the most important rivers in the world, boasts ...

As of 2021, the country has 78 operational hydropower dams and has signed memorandums of understanding for another 246 projects along the Mekong River and its tributaries. At the same time, the Mekong ...