CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people.

A cascade of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong has caused water levels in the river on which millions depend for sustenance to plunge to catastrophically low levels, according to experts and news ...

From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village ...

Houayxay, Laos – Fishing went well today for Khon, a Laotian fisherman, who lives in a floating house built from plastic drums, scrap metal and wood on the Mekong River. “I caught two catfish,” the 52 ...

Phoutha, a Lao fisherman, works protect his community's way of life through his village's fish conservation zone, set up under WWF-Laos's Siphandone Project in partnership with HSBC's Water Programme.

Houayxay, Laos – Fishing went well today for Khon, a Laotian fisherman, who lives in a floating house built from plastic drums, scrap metal and wood on the Mekong River. “I caught two catfish,” the 52 ...