Photo Galleries

These are some of the photos from the Second Joint Committee Working Group on the PNPCA Prior Consultation Process for the Pak Lay Hydropower Project on 5 November 2018, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
These are photos from the two-day Regional Shared Vision Planning and Collaborative Modeling Workshop, jointly organized by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Global Water Partnership and MRC on 23-24 October 2018 in Vientiane, Laos.
These are some photos from the first Joint Committee Working Group for Prior Consultation Process for Pak Lay Hydropower Project, 8 August 2018, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Communications work for bilateral projects for transboundary water cooperation was kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City in May 2015 with water experts and local stakeholders from four Mekong countries. The project teams discussed on target audiences and communication opportunities to promote transboundary dialogue, before heading to a field trip to Mekong Delta.
This album presents some of the photos from the 5th Mekong River Commission Regional Stakeholder Forum on the proposed Pak Lay hydropower project and other ongoing initiatives of the MRC. The forum took place from September 20 to 21 in Vientiane, Laos, with the participation of about 160 peoples.
A multimedia team from the Mekong River Commission visited the Mekong Delta of Cambodia and Viet Nam to capture success stories of a transboundary project that has strengthened bilateral cooperation between the two countries, thereby fostering livelihoods at sub-basin level.
A Cambodian delegation of the bilateral Tonle Sap - Songkhla Lake Basin outreach project visits its counterparts to learn their way of living deeply engaged in the management of the lake's natural resources in August 2018.
Fisheries experts from Cambodia and Lao PDR sought for a memorandum of understanding for bilateral inter-provincial cooperation over fisheries management in the area where the Mekong and Sekong rivers meet. (June 2018)
A multimedia team of the Mekong River Commission visited Thailand's Nam Kam basin and Lao's Xe Bang Hieng basin to capture stories that tell achievements of the bilateral project for knowledge exchange and joint learning on wetland resources management. (11-14 June 2018)
A bilateral wetland management project between Lao PDR and Thailand ended with a closing ceremony held in Sakon Nakhon on 11 June 2018. The project afforded both sides to exchange knowledge and learn new techniques to manage their respective wetland resources better.
A multimedia team from the Mekong River Commission visits Thailand's Songkhla lake basin to capture stories that tell achievements of a bilateral project to exchange knowledge with Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake community on community-based lake management, such as fisheries conservation, climate change adaptation and community development. (24-25 May 2018)
The Thai National Mekong Committee and its transboundary lake management project team held a final forum to report its achievements to Thai audiences.
MRC Secretariat staffers and officials from Vientiane’s Sikhottabong District office plant trees along the Mekong River bank in front of the MRC Secretariat and pose for pictures. Read the story here: goo. gl/YBCZZn
At a joint workshop on 10-11 May 2018 in Phnom Penh, water experts from Cambodia and Viet Nam discussed ways to strengthen cross-border cooperation to address water issues in the Mekong Delta and the Sesan – Srepok river basins at the provincial level.
Transboundary project teams from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam met in Phnom Penh on 8-9 May 2018 to work on a multimedia project, which will present success stories of their five bilateral projects through a combination of videos, images and text.
These are some highlights from the plenary session of the 3rd MRC Summit on 5 April 2018 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It also includes an overview of the pres conference.
These are some photos from the Prime Ministerial Retreat at the 3rd MRC Summit on 5 April 2018 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Some photos from the Gala Dinner hosted by Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Hun Sen, at the 3rd MRC Summit.
These are some highlights from the 3rd MRC Summit Ministerial Meeting on 4 April 2018.
These are some highlights from the signing ceremony between the MRC & UNESCAP and MRC & UNOPS.
These are some highlights from the 3rd MRC Summit International Conference, 3 April, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
These are some highlights from the 3rd MRC Summit International Conference, 2 April, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
These are winning entries of the Mekong River Commission Writing Competition 2018. All of the winners see the Mekong River as a unique source of life, love, prosperity, cooperation, and peace.
In an effort to promote better management of the Tonle Sap and Songkhla lakes, representatives of the sister lakes met in Siem Reap on 13 February 2018 to finalize major reports documenting learning experiences and policy recommendations for addressing common issues of climate change, fisheries and women’s empowerment.
Following the meeting with communities in Takeo, the Mekong Delta project team on 25 October 2017 crossed the border into Viet Nam to see the reservoir created by border dykes, canal and rubber dam.
The Mekon Delta project team on 23 October 2017 observed water management situations such as irrigation schemes and water control infrastructures, including dykes, in Prey Veng bordering with Viet Nam. The field trip is part of the Mekong Delta transboundary water resources management project under the MRC’s Integrated Water Resources Management Project.
The Mekong Delta project team on 24 October 2017 visited the Bassac River to see bank erosion in Chrey Thom, which serves as the border between Cambodia and Viet Nam. This is part of bilateral efforts at the provincial level to build better water cooperation to improve the livelihoods of riverine communities.
The Mekong Delta project team on 25 October 2017 met with community, district and provincial water management officials in Takeo province to listen to their concerns on water issues including flood and drought and dredged water canal causing water shortage for irrigation.
The Mekong Delta project team on 26 October 2017 visited the MRC hydromet station in Tan Chau of Viet Nam's An Giang province. The station measures flow, water level, sedimentation and water quality. The field trip is part of the Mekong Delta transboundary water resources management project under the MRC’s Integrated Water Resources Management Project.
Following the field trips, the Mekong Delta project team met at a joint workshop on 27 October 2017 to discuss the status of project implementation progress and discussed potential joint mechanism options to help address joint cross-border issues, including those observed during the trips.
Over two days in mid-September 2017, water specialists from four Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam shared lessons from bilateral water cooperation with about 200 representatives from the Mekong communities within Thailand.
These are the top 30 images from the MRC's first photo contest, organised to celebrate the diversity of the Mekong river and raise awareness of the importance of transboundary water cooperation among the lower Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The Mekong River is one of the largest river in the world and is home to a wealth of biodiversity and aquatic life. Fisheries is a crucial contributor to socio-economic development in the Mekong and a vital source of livelihood and food security for people living along the Mekong River banks.
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