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 ...

Zeb Hogan and colleagues from the Cambodian Fisheries Administration tagging, and then releasing, a Mekong giant catfish. In his book, "Chasing Giants," Hogan describes the importance to people of ...

SOC TRANG, Vietnam (Reuters) -Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ...

Around 140km from Hanoi, a leafy garden in Quang Ninh is drawing visitors with coconut-lined waterways, lotus ponds and boat ...

The beneficial annual floods Vietnam’s Mekong Delta gets has been steadily dwindling for the last 14 years. The sediment flows have now dropped by 70% compared to before 2000, and many fish species ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “I think this year Vietnam got a taste of the new normal,” said Dinh Tuyen, my journalist friend in bustling Can Tho, the Mekong Delta’s hub city. ...

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of saltwater intrusion accelerating in the ...

Foreign travelers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta say unexpected invitations to family feasts, free meals and even overnight stays ...

Nguyen Thi Thuy, a vendor who sells steamed buns on a floating market, paddles her boat in Can Tho, Vietnam, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. On good days she makes about $4 — hardly enough to put food on ...

Southeast Asia's most productive agricultural region and home to 17 million people could be mostly underwater within a lifetime. Saving the Mekong River Delta requires urgent, concerted action among ...