Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright have set out on a journey to follow the Mekong river from sea to source, The Diplomat will be sharing some of the stories they’ve found along the way. For more about the ...

Meet Viking Tonle, an 80-passenger gem that is setting sail in 2025. Courtesy of Viking Had enough of European river cruises? The Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam might be calling your name.

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, ...

A WWII veteran who turned 98 this week had one birthday wish: to go fishing. A fishing guide who served in the Vietnam War made his wish come true. WWII Veteran Dean Estes and Vietnam Veteran Steve ...

Plastic pollution, largely from Asia, chokes the world’s oceans. A mat of plastic garbage fouls a boat propeller in the Mekong River Delta near Can Tho, Vietnam. Some 60 percent of the plastic that ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — April 30, 2025, marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. Veterans and local officials gathered in Fall River on Wednesday at the Vietnam ...