Xiaowan Dam has the second largest storage reservoir in the Mekong Basin, spanning the mainstream ... Laos and Myanmar at the meeting point of the three countries, known locally as the “golden ...

Unlike these areas, however, the Mekong basin is much smaller ... rather than dividing it by countries. Introducing conservation zones in important areas, even if they cross boundaries, can ...

At the same time, the Mekong Basin provides local communities with their livelihoods through fishing and growing commercial crops like rice and coffee. Laos also has a very vibrant set of SMEs, which ...