I was joking – sort of – at a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city, after the waiter brought two of the large and hairy deep-fried arachnids to the table after the main course. At first, ...

CAN THO, Vietnam (AP) — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the Mekong Delta, have dreams. Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to ...

My 30-year-old-daughter and I are on a week-long AmaWaterways Mekong River cruise. Our journey starts with two pre-cruise days based at the Sofitel Saigon Plaza exploring Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ...

Emerald Cruises & Tours has announced its 2026-2027 Southeast Asia river cruising season is available for booking, according ...

Climate vulnerability threatens the future of the Mekong Delta, leading to increased floods, droughts and challenges in farming. Migration from the delta to cities is increasing as residents seek ...

Stomach-turning meals on a cruise sound more like a trip to the ship’s doctor than a trip of a lifetime, but not when exploring the Mekong River with companies that strive so hard to give guests an ...

If your travels in Southeast Asia ever take you from Cambodia to Vietnam, you have three options to cross the border: by plane, by car, or by the method that, for romance, magic, and pure emotion, you ...

Thai villagers hold banners opposing the building of a dam on the Mekong river during a rally outside a construction company in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2012. The recent decision by a Vietnamese ...

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, left, hands over the gavel for ASEAN chairmanship to Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during the closing ceremony of the 35th Association of ...

A farmer burns his dried-up rice on a paddy field stricken by drought in Soc Trang province in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam (March 30, 2016). Credit: REUTERS/Kham The Tet Holiday (Vietnamese lunar New ...