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.

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 ...

Houayxay, Laos – Fishing went well today for Khon, a Laotian fisherman, who lives in a floating house built from plastic drums, scrap metal and wood on the Mekong River. “I caught two catfish,” the 52 ...

I WAS fascinated by Vientiane, the capital of Laos, also known as the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, when I went to ...

Phoutha, a Lao fisherman, works protect his community's way of life through his village's fish conservation zone, set up under WWF-Laos's Siphandone Project in partnership with HSBC's Water Programme.

Heavy rain and winds from former Typhoon Bualoi battered central Vietnam, killing at least nine, flooding roads, cutting power to 347,000 homes, and leaving 17 fishermen missing, officials said.

Heavy rain and strong winds from the former Typhoon Bualoi have flooded roads, knocked off roofs and caused at least 12 deaths in central Vietnam before moving into Laos.

Houayxay, Laos – Fishing went well today for Khon, a Laotian fisherman, who lives in a floating house built from plastic drums, scrap metal and wood on the Mekong River. “I caught two catfish,” the 52 ...