Mekong River

Five years after the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos began operations, the cost of Mekong hydropower is becoming ever more clear.

With its potential to foster Chinese-backed economic enclaves and military installations, the canal poses a foreseeable challenge to Vietnam’s national security.

The $1.7 billion Funan Techo canal is planned to connect the country’s capital with Cambodia’s south coast, giving it access to the Gulf of Thailand.

There are a number of potential concerns with the Cambodian government's plans for an inland waterway, but security isn't one of them.

The China-backed Techo Funan Canal, which will connect the Mekong River to the country’s coast, has given rise to environmental and security concerns.

Long a source of tension with its neighbors, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation.

Shrimp farming along the Mekong may be an economic win in the short term, but it is ultimately unsustainable.

The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates.

Hun Manet also announced the official cancellation of the $1.5 billion, 700-megawatt coal power plant.

In a new report, the World Wildlife Fund claims that dam developments, often hailed as an economic boon, could end up weighing down economic growth.

Both within and between nations, Southeast Asia's largest river gives rise to competing, and in some cases conflicting, notions.

The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.