NONG KHAI, Sept 13 (TNA) – Authorities in Nong Khai province have initiated evacuations of vulnerable populations, particularly in the Wiang Khok district, as the Mekong River continues to rise and inundate nearby communities. Mekong overflows in northeast Thailand, floods receding in Chiang Rai With water levels reaching 13.28 meters at noon, exceeding the riverbank […]
As flood water steadily recedes in Chiang Rai province and flights by some airlines at the Mae Fah Luang airport have resumed today, people living along the Mekong River in Loei, Nong Khai and Bueng Kan provinces were bracing for the river to overflow. Flights to and from Chiang Rai suspended due to severe floods […]
Chiang Rai, Sept 4 (TNA) – A boat carrying dozens of people capsized in the Mekong River on Sunday, leaving nearly 30 people missing, local authorities said. Boats capsize in canal following heavy storm in Trat The incident occurred near the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Bokeo Province, Laos, when a boat carrying around […]
On April 4th, 2024, Pha Mueang military patrol officers and relevant agencies received a report from an anonymous source of a massive lot of drug smuggling along the Mekong River, Thai-Lao PDR border, in Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai. Fleeing smuggler leaves B20m crystal meth on Mekong river bank in Mukdahan The officers launched an […]
Health and environment officials have collected water samples from the Mekong River at Khut Khu rapids in Chiang Kan district of Loei province for testing, after sulfuric acid leaked into the river from a truck which overturned in Luang Prabang yesterday. Anthrax alert at Thai-Lao border after human infections reported in Laos Laotian officials had […]
BUENG KAN (NNT) – The fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, which is currently under construction across the Mekong River, is set to open in 2024 to boost border travel between Laos and Thailand and spur trade with other countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Nong Khai celebrates opening of Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge by HM the late […]
Public-spirited singer-actor Pakin “Tono” Kumwilaisak has raised more than 40 million baht from his charity swim across the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom province in Thailand to Laos today, October 22nd. After finishing a religious ceremony, Tono kicked off his journey from Thailand’s shore at 10:09 AM. He swam along the current of the Mekong […]
NAKHON PHANOM: An unidentified murder victim found in a suitcase in the Mekong River might be a Lao businesswoman missing from Vientiane since last week, relatives told police after seeing photos of her clothes. The dead woman was found on Wednesday in That Phanom district. Full story: Bangkok Post Pattanapong Sripiachai BANGKOK POST
