VN Express – Vietnam has asked all riparian countries of the Mekong River to act together in using its water and other resources in a fair and sustainable manner. "We believe that along with the legitimate interests in utilizing the water resources of the Mekong River for development, countries need to have a mutual responsibility in using the water source and resources fairly and Read More…

Physics World – Tiny plastic particles are showing up in all sorts of places and have become a worldwide problem. Scientists are in the early stages of determining how microplastics, defined as particles smaller than 5 mm, enter the environment and are transported – often up to hundreds of kilometres – into previously pristine ecosystems. Researchers presented several observations on Read More…

Financial Times – Some environmental disasters present themselves over years; others come with a bang — or a splash. The latter happened one day in August, when residents of Binh My, a commune in Vietnam’s lush Mekong Delta, heard a loud cracking sound. They went outside to watch a 30-metre-long chunk of the highway that runs alongside their houses collapse into the river as the Read More…

The Sacramento Bee – The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, experts in Thailand say. The river usually has a yellowish-brown shade due to the sediment it normally carries downstream. But lately it has been running clear, taking on a blue-green hue that is a reflection of the sky. The water Read More…

Al Jazeera – On Cambodia's Tonle Sap, record low water levels have plunged fishing communities into crisis but with warnings of "severe drought", there are concerns the situation will get even worse. "Every day we can only find about one or two kilogrammes (two or four pounds) of fish, and you can see there are many people in the family," fisherman Lay Non said, explaining that just last year Read More…