Cambodian fisherman Sles Hiet lives at the mercy of the Mekong: a massive river that feeds tens of millions but is under threat from the Chinese dams cementing Beijing's physical and diplomatic control over its Southeast Asian neighbours

Ninety seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and complete control of the Mekong a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the...

Ninety seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and complete control of the Mekong a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the...

File images of the Mekong river in northern Thailand (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The search continued for the lost Lao Airlines Flight QV301 on Thursday, after rescuers in fishing boats pulled bodies from the muddy Mekong River.

Bags, a broken airplane propeller and passports were...

Australian government officials moved quickly to establish an on-the-ground presence in Pakse, Laos, on Thursday following a plane crash in which six Australians are believed to have died.

The ill-fated plane plunged into...

The South Korean government expressed its "deepest condolences" to the families of victims of a plane crash in Laos on Thursday.

Rescuers in fishing boats were pulling bodies from the muddy Mekong River on...

A Sydney family of four and an Australian aid worker and his father were among those believed killed in a plane crash in Laos.

They were among 49 people on a Lao Airlines plane, which crashed on...

Special recovery teams from Thailand discussed how to continue the search for bodies of the Lao Airlines plane that crashed into the Mekong River killing all 49 people on board, but the recovery operation...

French air crash experts are giving new hope in the search for the crashed Lao plane, missing since Wednesday.

The Lao Airlines ATR 72 came down in a storm and disappeared into the Mekong Ri
ver....

CLEAN : Volunteers give kiss of life as Laos road tolls mount

CLEAN : Rescuers struggle to find Laos plane

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ends a two day charm offensive in Cambodia currying favour for its mega dams across the Mekong

Leaders from all six Mekong countries including Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang attend the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation forum in Phnom Penh

MOFA Briefing

Spokesperson: Geng S
huang
Date: 3 A
ugust 2018

Duration: 5:10
1. China rejects the US request to cut oil imports from
Iran. Any...

Police in Thailand say DNA tests show that two bodies found washed up on the shore of the Mekong River in the country's northeast are the corpses of anti-government activists.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called China's activities on the Southeast Asia's Mekong River "troubling trends."

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called China's activities on the Southeast Asia's Mekong River "troubling trends."

In the mountainous villages of northern Vietnam most people have a story about bride trafficking (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Ninety seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and complete control of the Mekong a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the...

The once mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin, grubby neck of water in stretches of northern Thailand record lows blamed on drought and a recently opened dam far upstream (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The once-mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin grubby neck of water in stretches of northern Thailand record lows blamed on drought and a recently completed dam far upstream (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Ninety seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and complete control of the Mekong a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the...

MOFA Briefing