http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mekong_RiverFind stories, videos, and photos about Mekong River from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:52:56 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/science/09/26/mekong.species/tztop.mekong.wwf.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mekong_River14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Mekong River from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/26/mekong.species/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/26/mekong.species/index.html#cnnSTCTextA frog that eats birds and a gecko with leopard stripes are among the 163 new species discovered last year in the Greater Mekong region of southeast Asia, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/cambodia.dolphins/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/cambodia.dolphins/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is the life blood for tens of millions of people -- but the mighty Mekong River in southeast Asia is now facing a "devastating" threat from not one, but 11 proposed dams.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/10/climate.change.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/10/climate.change.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new kind of refugee is on the rise. And by 2050, there could be as many as 200 million of them.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/03/24/find.love.while.volunteering/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/03/24/find.love.while.volunteering/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf you're looking for love and not having much luck, maybe you could increase your success by getting a bit more passionate -- about helping others.Fri, 01 May 2009 20:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/16/rat.mekong/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/16/rat.mekong/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rat believed to be extinct for 11 million years, a spider with a foot-long legspan, and a hot pink cyanide-producing "dragon millipede" are among the thousand newly discovered species in the largely unexplored Mekong Delta region.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/eco.megafishes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/eco.megafishes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey might not be as cute as pandas but the threats facing the world's giant freshwater fish need to be taken just as seriously -- in fact more so, according to Dr. Zeb Hogan.Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/eco.turtles/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/eco.turtles/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor this week's Eco Solutions show, the CNN team traveled up the Mekong River to discover how conservations groups have found innovative ways to protect the cantor soft shell turtle. Follow their journey in the photo gallery.Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/extinct.dolphin.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/extinct.dolphin.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText A Chinese man has videotaped a large white animal swimming in the Yangtze river which experts say is a dolphin species unique to China and feared extinct, the official Xinhua agency reported on Wednesday.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395480/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395480/index.htmOn a humid afternoon on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, monsoon-season thunderclouds release torrents of rain. Some of the 1,700 workers at the Danu Vina factory, who make Mickey Mouse and other... Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393175/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393175/index.htmLate on a humid afternoon on the industrial outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, as loudspeakers inside the gated compound of the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone play a melody releasing workers from th... Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/climate.change/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/climate.change/index.htmlRapid global warming poses a variety of security threats to the Asia Pacific region that have been "seriously underestimated," a new study says.Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/09/bird.flu.plan.asia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/09/bird.flu.plan.asia/index.htmlSomewhere in rural Asia, a bar-headed goose tramps through fields and puddles and makes itself comfortable inside the home of the farmer who owns her.Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/07/15/bt.upcoming.show/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/07/15/bt.upcoming.show/index.htmlIt has been 30 years since the Vietnam War ended and now this country in Southeast Asia is one of the world's fastest growing economies.Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:05:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278085/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278085/index.htmA group of six old women kneel in the middle of the street and chat amiably as the sun rises over Luang Prabang, a quiet town in central Laos. Their conversation stops when a rail-thin Buddhist mon...Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76932/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76932/index.htmWHAT of Asia's basket cases -- the countries of the war-wracked region formerly known as Indochina, and repressive Burma, which now calls itself Myanmar? Put your money on Vietnam. Yes, Vietnam. Bu...Mon, 05 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDT