The Mekong River (known in Tibet as Dza-chu, China as Lancang Jiang and Thailand as Mae Nam Khong), is a major river in southeastern Asia. It is the longest river in the region. From its source in China's Qinghai Province near the border with Tibet, the Mekong flows generally southeast to the South ...

The Mekong region is home to around 60 million inhabitants with more than 100 different ethnic groups, making it the world’s most culturally-diverse region. The inhabitants are mainly farmers or fishermen, and while they are rich in resources, they are very poor in purchasing power. A third ...

In the south of Vietnam, between Ho Chi Minh City, the border of Cambodia, the Southeast Asia Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, spreads the Mekong delta, the huge and low plain, extremely fertile, crossed by nine arms of a river, the Mekong River. Mekong is the world’s 10th longest and the ...