Speak for Mekong – Nguyễn-Thái-Học Foundation

The Effects of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on Dry Season Flows in Tien River and Hau River

January 19, 2024

Chuc Huynh Abstract: Tien river and Hau river are two main branches of Cuu Long River which have hydrology regime directly effected by climate change and sea level rise. The flow of the dry season in the Tien and Hau rivers plays a key role in the socio-economic development of the Mekong Delta, especially in…

Chinese Armed Patrols on the Mekong

January 14, 2023

by Khanh Vu Duc, Asia Sentinel | Nov 15, 2011 Sending armed escorts won’t assuage fears of Chinese assertiveness or expansionism. If China is serious in protecting its vessels against threats, it cannot ignore the greater malaise that is lawlessness. Moreover, it should not act alone when the matter at hand is a regional affair….

International Petition Calls for Thailand, Laos to Cancel Xayaburi Dam

December 30, 2022

Ron Corben, VOA | Bangkok, Dec 1, 2011 An international petition from more than 100 countries is calling for the Laos and Thai governments to cancel a massive hydropower dam project on the Lower Mekong River. The $3.5 billion Xayaburi Dam in Laos is one of 11 proposed dams for the Lower Mekong River that…

Sen. Webb: Multinational Action Urgently Needed to Avert Environmental Disaster in Mekong River Region of Southeast Asia

December 27, 2022

Senator Jim Webb, Press Releases | September 24, 2010 Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, chaired a committee hearing yesterday on the “potentially catastrophic consequences” of present plans for building mainstem dams along the Mekong River. . Studies have concluded that constructing…

ABOUT MEKONG

December 16, 2022

The Land and Its Resources The Mekong River Basin is defined by the land area surrounding all the streams and rivers that flow into the Mekong River. This includes parts of China, Myanmar and Viet Nam, nearly one third of Thailand and most of Cambodia and Lao PDR. With a total land area of 795…