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Mekong Delta
![Vietnam’s Climate Solutions Are Decimating the Mekong Delta Vietnam’s Climate Solutions Are Decimating the Mekong Delta](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-09-064237.jpg)
Vietnam’s Climate Solutions Are Decimating the Mekong Delta
By Quinn Goranson
Shrimp farming along the Mekong may be an economic win in the short term, but it is ultimately unsustainable.
![Saving Indochina’s Wilderness Saving Indochina’s Wilderness](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-16-7.jpg)
Saving Indochina’s Wilderness
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with environmentalist Marcus Hardtke.
A Conversation on the Mekong and a Changing Southeast Asia
By Luke Hunt
Luke Hunt speaks to Milton Osborne about the threat to the Mekong River amid a changing environment in the subregion.
![Mekong River Strikes Another Record Low Mekong River Strikes Another Record Low](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-09_16-45-22.jpg)
Mekong River Strikes Another Record Low
By Luke Hunt
Recent developments have once again spotlighted the river's growing plight.
![The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-41_cvrs_1.jpg)
The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster
By Tom Fawthrop
How China’s grand strategy for the Mekong impacts the river, and the countries downstream.
![New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-25_10-18-40.jpg)
New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems
By Luke Hunt
The evidence continues to pile up on the river’s bleak future.
![Saving Vietnam's Floating Markets Saving Vietnam's Floating Markets](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-21_13-17-35.jpg)
Saving Vietnam's Floating Markets
By Nguyen Minh Quang and Dao Ngoc Canh
Long a staple of Mekong Delta culture, Vietnam's floating markets must now adapt or fade away.
![Is Vietnam in for Another Devastating Drought? Is Vietnam in for Another Devastating Drought?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-08_15-37-23.jpg)
Is Vietnam in for Another Devastating Drought?
By Nguyen Minh Quang
Lessons learned from last year's disaster can shape a climate-resilient approach in the Mekong Delta.
![Vietnam's Next Environmental Hotspot Vietnam's Next Environmental Hotspot](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-10_14-27-02.jpg)
Vietnam's Next Environmental Hotspot
By Nguyen Minh Quang
Less than a year after a major pollution crisis, trouble is brewing in the Mekong Delta.
![The Power of Power: Laotian Village Generates Its Own Electricity The Power of Power: Laotian Village Generates Its Own Electricity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-29_13-12-21.jpg)
The Power of Power: Laotian Village Generates Its Own Electricity
By Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright
In a remote mountain village of northern Laos, a community has developed their own electrical grid, yet faces an uncertain future.
![Laos: The Land of a Million Elephants Laos: The Land of a Million Elephants](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-16_12-44-25.jpg)
Laos: The Land of a Million Elephants
By Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright
The expansion of civilization is pushing humans and elephants closer and closer together.
![Damming the Nam Khan in Laos Damming the Nam Khan in Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-25_11-54-03.jpg)
Damming the Nam Khan in Laos
By Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright
The Nam Khan river, a major tributary of the Mekong, is being dammed in at least 3 places, displacing thousands.
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