Sophat Soeung, VOA Khmer | Kratie Province, Cambodia Later this month, a major report assessing the pros and cons of 11 proposed mainstream hydro-dams in the lower Mekong region will be publicised by the Mekong River Commission. The report will include information about two hydro-dams across the Mekong River in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. [...]
VOV News The Vietnam National Mekong Committee and the Mekong River Commission in coordination with the Cambodian Department of Fisheries organised a ceremony to release 50,000 Giant Barb fishes in Hong Ngu district, Dong Thap province on September 15. The releasing took place 5km from the Cambodian border. Representatives said the event aimed to increase [...]
FLASH FLOOD ALERT! The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Friday warned residents of 35 provinces to prepare for heavy rain and flooding. The department’s director-general Anucha Mokkawet said Tak, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Lamphun, Chiang Rai, Payao, Nan, Phrae, Kamphaengpetch, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Pitsanulok, Sukhothai, Petchabun, Utaradit, Nongbua Lamphu, Lei, [...]
International Rivers Bangkok, Thailand: Today at 1pm representatives from Mekong communities in North and Northeast Thailand will submit a letter to the Thai Prime Minister asking him to cancel the plan to purchase electricity from the Xayaburi Dam project planned for the mainstream Mekong River in northern Laos. The letter is signed by community groups [...]
By Cesar Tordesillas in Vietnam Representatives from MRC member countries discussed increased levels of cooperation in managing Mekong River Basins with Chinese and Myanmar officials. The representatives came from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. The meeting discussed expansion of cooperation in data and information sharing; further cooperation in assessing the opportunities and impacts of [...]
People’s Daily Online Campaigners on Tuesday expressed concern against the members from the Lower Mekong Basin to continue building dams to meet energy demands. In an interview with reporter in Bangkok on Tuesday, Carl Middleton from International Rivers said that concerned activists have been calling the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to defer the construction of [...]
By Tyson Roberts and Ian Baird A fabulous document from icthologist’s Tyson Roberts and Ian Baird. It appears to be a scanned document from way back but is entirely relevant to The Mekong River and Khone Falls today. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Suntorn Atnakhone, master fisherman of Ban Hang Khone who [...]
An Dien for Thanh Nien News Promoting decision-making not tantamount to project approval, counters commission The Mekong River Commission seems to be acting beyond or even against its brief by encouraging decision-making on a major dam on the lower reaches of the river, critics say. This, they argue, is tantamount to supporting the commencement of [...]
DPA Vientiane, Laos - The Mekong River, after sinking to record-breaking lows this year, has risen close to the official alarm level in Laos after weeks of heavy rain, media reports said Thursday. Water levels were measured at 10.5 metres Wednesday in the southern city of Pakxe and forecast to rise to 10.6 metres on [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Sandbars at the lower mouth of the Mekong river prevent ships over 5000 tons from reaching Can Tho and other Delta ports. That will change by 2013, when a $300 million project to widen and deepen 40 kilometers of canals is completed, permitting 20,000 ton vessels to ascend the river. A thirty [...]