Naw Kham s gang also extorted protection money from cargo ships along the Mekong River.

The fisheries Aquatic biodiversity in the Mekong river system is the second highest in the world after the Amazon.

In Vietnam, the Bassac is called the Hậu River (Sông Hậu or Hậu Giang) the main, eastern, branch of the Mekong is called the Tiền River or Tiền Giang.

In Laos, alluvial gold targets were evaluated and testing of sluice recovery of gold from the Mekong River is about to begin.

The Mekong Tragedy prompted China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand to launch joint patrols along the river and coordinate attempts to capture Naw Kham.

Indeed, having its cake and eating it, China is a dialogue partner but not a member of the Mekong River Commission, underscoring its intent not to abide by the Mekong basin community s rules or take on any legal obligations.

It had a population of 1.2 million as of 2011, and is located on the south bank of the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong.

The saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ) once ranged from the Mekong Delta up the river into Tonle Sap and beyond but is now extinct in the river, along with being extinct in all of Vietnam and possibly even Cambodia.

A pretty idyllic place on the Mekong Delta.

A pretty idyilic place on the Mekong Delta.

87. The International Association for Water Law reported that the Mekong Committee had organized a workshop in March 1993, in Vientiane, on the topic quot International River Basin Commissions quot .

Despite these difficulties, the Mekong River is already an important link in the transit chain between Kunming and Bangkok with about 300,000 tonnes of goods shipped via this route each year.

There are approximately 45,000 Catholics, many of whom are ethnic Vietnamese, concentrated in major urban centers and surrounding areas along the Mekong River in the central and southern regions of the country.

The Border Liaison Office, a cooperative mechanism along and across the borders of the Great Mekong River countries, established as part of a UNODC project, is a pioneer mechanism in the region.

In a strengthened regional multisectoral response in the greater Mekong subregion, through the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative, an agreement was signed in Yangon in October 2004.

(a) A study on water associated diseases in the Mekong basin

Worse, while promoting multilateralism on the world stage, China has given the cold shoulder to multilateral cooperation among river basin states. The lower Mekong countries, for example, view China s strategy as an attempt to divide and conquer.

Burmese drug lord Naw Kham and fellow gang members Hsang Kham from Thailand, Yi Lai, and Zha Xika from Laos were executed by China on March 1, 2013 after being found guilty of killing 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011.

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The lower Mekong countries, for example, view China s strategy as an attempt to divide and conquer.

2000 5 Decade of Greater Mekong Subregion Development Cooperation, 2000 2009 (subprogrammes 1, 4, and 5)

56 1 Decade of Greater Mekong Subregion Development Cooperation, 2000 2009 (subprogrammes 1, 4 and 5)

The James River is formed by the confluence of the Jackson River and the Cowpasture River.

The river then flows into the Amur River valley.

The Avon River is a river in Western Australia.

Yunnan is home to three great Asian rivers the Mekong, the Salween (or Nu), and the Jinsha.

Cần Thơ () is the fourth largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta.

ASEAN investment cooperation and the Greater Mekong Subregion arrangement have also encouraged Thai OFDI to member States.

This is what one to two meters of sea level rise looks like in the Mekong Delta.

At the subregional level, following the signing of the memorandum of understanding of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) in 2005, the six Greater Mekong subregion countries had agreed on a subregional plan of action against human trafficking.

River boundaries

Black River

River Nile

Eagle River

High River

Milk River

Spirit River

Wandering River

Blue River

Campbell River

Powell River

Cypress River