CHIANG KHONG, Thailand – Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people. The ...

Hydroelectric dams have become a hot topic in the last decade as biologists and environmentalists fight to make known the damages that dams have on river systems. The Don Sahong Dam along the Mekong ...

A cascade of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong has caused water levels in the river on which millions depend for sustenance to plunge to catastrophically low levels, according to experts and news ...

A 2-km stretch of a major tributary of the Mekong River has been recognized by villagers and district authorities as a fish conservation zone. Vientianne, Lao PDR - The first fish conservation zone on ...

Laos plans to build a $2 billion, 684-megawatt dam on the Mekong River, just 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) from the Thai border. The proposed Sanakham dam is the latest in a cascade of more than a dozen ...

WWF-Laos and Bolikhamsay province released over 120,000 young fish, or fingerlings, into the Mekong River in Paksan district, Bolikhamsay province. The event marked the 21st anniversary of the ...

River-rich Laos is known as much for its laid-back culture as its lush scenery. But the landlocked country plans to jumpstart its sleepy image with an ambitious Â? and controversial Â? plan to become ...

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors’ pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia’s poorest people.

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people.