Mekong River
SINGAPORE - MARCH 25: A Prairie Dog from America is seen running through a clear viewing tube during a media tour ahead of the opening of River Safari at the Singapore Zoo on March 25, 2013 in Singapore. The River Safari is Wildlife Reserves Singapore's latest attraction. Set over 12 hectares, the park is Asia's first and only river-themed wildlife park and will showcase wildlife from eight iconic river systems of the world, including the Mekong River, Amazon River, the Congo River through to the Ganges and the Mississippi. The attraction is home to 150 plant species and over 300 animal species including 42 endangered species. River Safari will open to the public on April 3.
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Photograph of the week: Don Khone Waterfall, Mekong River, Laos
The Mekong River cascades over rocks and boulders forming the Don Khone waterfall in Don Det, 4000 Islands, Laos. Â Accessed by bicycling down bumpy dirt pathways through rice paddies, past fat-bellied pigs, and sharing the narrow road with the occasiona 4:01 AM from A Luxury Travel Blog Read more »
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River be damned
A boy stands on the banks of the Mekong River near the relocation site for a Lao village, which was moved to make way for the Xayaburi Dam. Photo: Dave Tacon As the narrow longtail boat glides downstream from the dusty hamlet of Nong Kiew towards the gol from Sydney Morning Herald Read more »
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China to strengthen cooperation with GMS
China is expanding investment and business cooperation with five countries in the Mekong River region, officials and entrepreneurs said at the China-South Asian Expo in Kunming, Yunnan province. Greater Mekong sub-region (GMS) cooperation begun in 1992 a from China Daily Read more »
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Brick Buddha statue rescued
AUTHORITIES in Laos have unearthed a large Buddha statue and other artefacts dating back more than 400 years from the banks of the Mekong River. The statue, made of bricks and measuring 2.4 by 2.5 metres, was found with parts of its head and limbs broken from NEWS.com.au Read more »
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Dog meat trade: Activists step up campaign to stem 'rampant' illegal smuggling
Animal welfare groups have stepped up a campaign to stamp out the illegal dog meat trade in South East Asia after harrowing pictures emerged of dogs being smuggled across the Thai border to Vietnam. The images, filmed under cover by an Australian reporte from Christian Science Monitor Read more »
