In Phnom Penh, the streets leading down to the picturesque Mekong River waterfront are lined with uncollected garbage.
During the Vietnam War, countries in the Mekong River basin still continued technical negotiations.
John Kerry stood in the valleys and shadows of death in the Mekong Delta.
China, Burma, Laos and Thailand launched joint security patrols on the Mekong in response.
Many species in the Mekong have evolved to take advantage of this delectable smorgasbord.
The flow in the Mekong comes mainly from rainfall and some snow melt, not melting ice.
What do the people who were in the Mekong Delta at the time say?
Whatever the other Mekong countries say, it is determined to go ahead in 2012.
The Chinese have already constructed several dams across the upper reaches of the Mekong within China.
The ferry at the Mekong crossing of Ban Muang in Laos operates in a pretty laissez-faire sort of way.
Eleven dams have been identified for year-round power generation in the mainstream of the lower Mekong basin.
Most at risk is Ho Chi Minh City on the Saigon river, just north of the Mekong.
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Gamblers who travel across the Mekong to the Paradise, for example, never pass an immigration or customs checkpoint.
But one element of the current development drive is bound to leave its mark on the Mekong: dam-building.
The stock exchange and an Australian-financed bridge across the Mekong River are being hurried up for "soft" openings.
The Mekong River Commission calculates that the fish catch actually doubled in Cambodia between the 1940s and the 1990s.
According to the International Rivers Network, an anti-dam group, some 100 large dams are proposed for the Mekong basin.
The effect will be to increase the dry-season flow in the Mekong mainstream from China to the Mekong delta.
In April China defended itself (another first) at the Mekong River Commission, the inter-governmental body supposed to resolve disputes.
The Mekong and its tributaries yield more fish than any other river system.
Speaking truth to power from the Mekong Delta to the Paris peace talks.
There are nearly a dozen plans to dam the lower Mekong, and Chinese state construction companies want to be involved.
He was a gunboat officer on the Mekong Delta, earning the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts.
Obviously they expected to meet more than the crowd of curious villagers gathered along the banks of the Mekong River.
En route, we also stopped at an open-air restaurant for grilled Mekong fish, one of the most pleasing staples of the Lao diet.
Back in 1968, Hagel was a specialist in the 2nd Battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment, fighting in the Mekong Delta.
The backwaters are similar to south Vietnam's Mekong Delta, featuring canals, lakes, banana trees and paddy fields, only much less populated.
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Kerry served as a gunboat officer on the Mekong Delta, earning the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts.
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China has already completed two on the Mekong itself, has started work on a third, and plans at least four more.
In March China broke its silence over dams, denying that it was responsible for reducing the Mekong's flow reaching downstream neighbours.
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