The Latest Breaking News from Mekong River

Fishermen hook giant stingray

Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they hooked a giant stingray four metres long and weighing 180 kilos, scientists said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · May 11, 2022

Cambodian fishermen hook giant endangered stingray in Mekong

Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they inadvertently hooked an endangered giant freshwater stingray four metres long and weighing 180 kilos, scientists said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · May 11, 2022

Job seekers from Laos caught on Mekong river bank

NAKHON PHANOM: A patrol of the Mekong Riverine Unit arrested 57 Lao nationals who illegally crossed the Mekong river in long-tail boats to That Phanom district of this northeastern border province late on Saturday night.

Bangkok Post · May 9, 2022

B20m drug stash abandoned beside Mekong

NAKHON PHANOM: More than 200,000 speed pills and 10 kilogrammes of marijuana worth at least 20 million baht were left abandoned on the bank of the Mekong River in Tha Uthen district late Friday night.

Bangkok Post · Mar 19, 2022

Tourists throng beach on Mekong River

NAKHON PHANOM: Tourists thronged a sandy beach on an island in the Mekong River on Saturday, generating hundreds of thousands of baht a day at the attraction in That Phanom district.

Bangkok Post · Mar 12, 2022

An eco-cruise along Vietnam’s Mekong River

With an alternative route, small carbon footprint and efforts to benefit small, off-the-beaten-track communities, this is no ordinary cruise, writes Claire Boobbyer

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Last freshwater dolphin in northeastern Cambodia dies

Wildlife officials say the last surviving freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin on a stretch of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia has died, apparently after getting tangled in a fishing net

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022

1.5m meth pills found on bank of Mekong River

NAKHON PHANOM: About 1.5 million methamphetamine pills were found in sacks on the bank of the Mekong River on Sunday night, and a long-tail boat believed used by the smugglers was impounded.

Bangkok Post · Feb 14, 2022

Receding Mekong exposes 'Buddha footprints'

NAKHON PHANOM: Local residents and tourists have been paying homage to a rock formation said to contain footprints of the Lord Buddha, now visible above the water in the middle of the Mekong River, which has dropped to just one metre deep.

Bangkok Post · Feb 12, 2022

Ministry to seek B140m for Mekong bridge study

The Transport Ministry will seek an allocation of 140 million baht from the central budget to fund a feasibility and design study on a new bridge across the Mekong River as part of the third phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project.

Bangkok Post · Feb 4, 2022