Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the country will be constructing conservation zones on the Mekong River in order to protect endangered dolphins.

Cambodian PM orders safe zones on Mekong River to save rare dolphins

Cambodian police said on Saturday (October 15) that three people, including a 15-year-old operator, have been detained after a boat sank, killing 11 children. The small overloaded boat carrying students home from their school sank in the Mekong River late Thursday (October 13).

Cambodian boat accident kills 11: Three, including 15-year-old boat operator, detained

It is a mystery which has confused millions around the world. Several fireballs appear along the Mekong river in Thailand each year as people gather to witness it.

Fireballs in Thailand's Mekong River: The unexplained phenomena

A fisherman caught a giant stingray which scientists said is the world's largest freshwater fish. The fish measured nearly 13 feet and weighed 300kg. It was captured on June 13 in the south of Stung Treng in the northeast in Cambodia's Mekong River.

Giant stingray: World's largest freshwater fish caught in Cambodia's Mekong River

Cambodia's dwindling fish stocks have put the spotlight once again on the stressed waterways of the Mekong river. Fish stocks are at low levels and experts blame factors such as Chinese hydropower for projects upstream for the dramatic drop at the lowest level.

Fish stocks collapse in lower Mekong. Experts blame 'Chinese Dams' for crisis

China has notified downstream neighbours it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway`s upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new data-sharing pact, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Thailand said on Wednesday.

China notifies Mekong River neighbours it is holding back waters

According to the Mekong River Commission (MRC), farmers and fishermen along the Mekong river are facing drought. Mekong river recorded 70 per cent less rainfall this year.

Drought hits farmers, fishermen in Mekong Delta

Cambodia has found three British nationals infected with the coronavirus on a tourist boat on the Mekong River, bringing its tally of cases to five, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.

Three Britons have coronavirus on cruise on Cambodia's Mekong

At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this century as temperatures rise, disrupting river flows vital for growing crops from China to India, scientists said on Monday.

At least one-third of Himalayan ice will melt this century: Report

A report published by the Lowy Institute says that biodiversity and precious resources of the Mekong are increasingly under danger because of the rush to construct dams

China's ambitions are killing the Mekong River

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