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Mekong River
![Vietnam’s Security Concerns About the Funan Techo Canal Project Are Misplaced Vietnam’s Security Concerns About the Funan Techo Canal Project Are Misplaced](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-09-092557.jpg)
Vietnam’s Security Concerns About the Funan Techo Canal Project Are Misplaced
By Sokvy Rim
There are a number of potential concerns with the Cambodian government's plans for an inland waterway, but security isn't one of them.
![$1.7 Billion Cambodian Canal Project Draws Increasing Scrutiny $1.7 Billion Cambodian Canal Project Draws Increasing Scrutiny](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-12-064215.jpg)
$1.7 Billion Cambodian Canal Project Draws Increasing Scrutiny
By Sebastian Strangio
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.
![China Changes Tack on Water Politics China Changes Tack on Water Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-21-132756.jpg)
China Changes Tack on Water Politics
By Fengshi Wu
Long a source of tension with its neighbors, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation.
![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.
![Why is Vietnam Worried About Cambodia’s Mekong Canal Project? Why is Vietnam Worried About Cambodia’s Mekong Canal Project?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-01-223330.jpg)
Why is Vietnam Worried About Cambodia’s Mekong Canal Project?
By Sothearak Sok
The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates.
![Cambodian PM Affirms Ban on Mekong Hydropower Projects Cambodian PM Affirms Ban on Mekong Hydropower Projects](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-01-044408.jpg)
Cambodian PM Affirms Ban on Mekong Hydropower Projects
By Sebastian Strangio
Hun Manet also announced the official cancellation of the $1.5 billion, 700-megawatt coal power plant.
![Hydropower Dams Threaten Crucial Mekong Supply Chains, WWF Says Hydropower Dams Threaten Crucial Mekong Supply Chains, WWF Says](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-29-055428.jpg)
Hydropower Dams Threaten Crucial Mekong Supply Chains, WWF Says
By Sebastian Strangio
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.
![No Mainstream: The Mekong’s Competing Definitions No Mainstream: The Mekong’s Competing Definitions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-12-062700.jpg)
No Mainstream: The Mekong’s Competing Definitions
By Benjamin Zawacki
Both within and between nations, Southeast Asia's largest river gives rise to competing, and in some cases conflicting, notions.
![Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-24-044615.jpg)
Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam
By Sebastian Strangio
The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.
![The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-23-202309.jpg)
The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang
By Tom Fawthrop
UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos.
![Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect a Mekong Biodiversity Hotspot Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect a Mekong Biodiversity Hotspot](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-28-122730.jpg)
Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect a Mekong Biodiversity Hotspot
By Tom Fawthrop
This potentially spectacular success story for global conservation could be derailed if a huge dam project gets the green light.
![Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-08-083800.jpg)
Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with the veteran British journalist and filmmaker Tom Fawthrop.
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