MRCmembers—Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam—
have been suffering severe drought since 2009. Here, the annual dry season started much earlier than usual,
longest river in Southeast Asia, running
4, 800 kilometers through six countries(China, Burma,
Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam). It is the
lifeblood of Southeast Asia. The Mekong River Basin contains all the streams and rivers that flow into the Mekong River. From its headwaters thousands of meters high on the Tibetan Plateau, it flows through six distinct geographical
commercial value of US 1. 45 billion
dollars per year. Known mineral resources include tin, copper, iron ore, natural gas, potash and gem stones. The river has become a tourist route and major transport channel for oil, production and other commodities between