VIENTIANE: Two companies from Laos and Myanmar will conduct a feasibility study of a proposed hydropower project on the two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK, May 11 (Reuters) - Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected ...

A drone photo shows fishermen casting their nets to catch fish in a lake in Savannakhet province, Laos, July 6, 2026. Located ...

LUANG PRABANG, LaosLUANG PRABANG, Laos — Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and ...

CHIANG SAEN, Thailand — Thai fisherman Somdet Singthong steered his metal skiff across the brown waters of the Mekong river, resigned to the pollution that has put his health and lifelong source of ...

Grain by grain, truckload by truckload, Laos' section of the Mekong river is being dredged of sand to make cement—a commodity being devoured by a Chinese-led building boom in the capital. But the ...

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand – Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people. The ...

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