Mekong

This photo taken on September 20, 2019 shows a giant Buddha on the Thai side of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai province, with Myanmar in the background and Laos on the right. Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea. Photo: Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
News
12 January 2020
Questions raised over China’s bid for mastery of the Mekong
This photo taken May 23, 2019 shows Thai navy personnel inspecting the boat of a fisherman during a patrol along the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos in Tha Utain, Nakhon Phanom province. Photo: Aidan Jones/AFP
News
24 July 2019
Mekong River joint patrol begins
The 84th Mekong River joint patrol led by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand started on...
People wait beside the Mekong River (or Lancang River within China) on the Chinese side as a boat crosses from Myanmar in Guanlei, in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture which borders Myanmar and Laos in China's southwest Yunnan province. Photo: AFP
Business
19 December 2018
Chinese, Thai companies join hands to develop...
Chinese and Thai companies signed three documents on Monday at northern Thailand's Chiang...
Foreign Ministers of Mekong – Lancang Cooperation nations (Source: VNA)
Business
18 December 2018
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation countries voice...
The ministers from the six Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) countries underlined on...
(File) Thai police patrol ship (L) guards a Chinese cargo ship (R) arriving to Chiang Saen port, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, 11 December 2011. Photo: EPA
News
26 November 2018
76th joint patrol on Mekong River completed
The 76th joint patrol on the Mekong River jointly conducted by China, Laos, Myanmar and...
The opening ceremony of the workshop on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) held in Yangon yesterday. Photo: MNA
Development
05 September 2018
Myanmar calls for cooperation in combating...
Myanmar has called on countries in the Mekong basin region to cooperate in combating...