Mekong River’s Blue Hue Blamed On Upstream Outflow Restrictions, Decreased Rainfall

Water levels in the Mekong River are down to “worrying” levels with some parts of the major Southeast Asian waterway in Laos and Thailand turning blue because of increased algae growth, the Mekong River Commission said in a report Friday.

The report by the MRC – made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam – said...