Thai villagers hold banners opposing the building of a dam on the Mekong river during a rally outside a construction company in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2012. The recent decision by a Vietnamese ...

One summer morning, Le Thi Hong Mai's home collapsed into a river in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where shoreline erosion caused by sand mining and hydropower dams threatens hundreds of thousands of people ...

Avalon Waterways' Mekong Discovery (Southbound) itinerary appeals to travelers who are looking for a more intimate sailing.

CAN THO, Vietnam (AP) — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the Mekong Delta, have dreams. Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to ...

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, left, hands over the gavel for ASEAN chairmanship to Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during the closing ceremony of the 35th Association of ...

I was joking – sort of – at a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city, after the waiter brought two of the large and hairy deep-fried arachnids to the table after the main course. At first, ...

I’m on Evergreen Island, close to the town of Tan Chau, in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, on day two of a Mekong River cruise, when I meet a chatty farmer who offers me rice wine whiskey, a stool to sit on, ...

Stomach-turning meals on a cruise sound more like a trip to the ship’s doctor than a trip of a lifetime, but not when exploring the Mekong River with companies that strive so hard to give guests an ...

This year, the first floating solar power generating system in Southeast Asia was deployed on a reservoir in Vietnam. Floating solar power systems are being written into the energy master plans of ...

Mekong River cruises are booming, particularly in Cambodia and Vietnam. In 2020, at least 10 river boats — some quite luxurious — will cruise the lush and navigable lower Mekong. Most resemble the ...

CAN THO, Vietnam — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the Mekong Delta, have dreams. Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to learn ...