Mekong - U.S. Partnership
How Bangkok Stopped Sinking – and What the Mekong Delta Could Learn
In the 1980s, the city of Bangkok, Thailand, was sinking at a rate of 10 cm a year. Rapid development and uncontrolled pumping of groundwater threatened the imminent collapse of one of the world’s great cities. Today, despite the increased density of buildings and people, Bangkok has slowed its rate of land subsidence to 1…
Mekong-U.S. Partnership at a glance
The Mekong-U.S. Partnership expands cooperation between the United States and the countries of the Mekong region.
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Joint Statement
The United States and Mekong Partner countries released a Joint Statement on the launch of the Mekong-U.S. Partnership.
Secretary of State Pompeo Statement on the launch of the Mekong-U.S. Partnership
Secretary of State Pompeo's statement following the inaugural Mekong-U.S. Partnership Ministerial Meeting notes the common principles, shared priorities, and current challenges facing the Mekong sub-region that form the basis of the longstanding and ongoing cooperation between the United States and the countries in the Mekong sub-region. The United States welcomes this expanded partnership and remains…
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Fact Sheet
The Department of State released a comprehensive Fact Sheet during the launch of the Mekong-U.S. Partnership highlighting accomplishments and identifying next steps in Mekong-U.S. cooperation. New areas of cooperation under the Mekong-U.S. Partnership include expanded support for public health and pandemic response, water data information sharing, countering transnational crime and the trafficking of persons, drugs,…
Deputy Secretary of State Launches new Mekong-U.S. Partnership
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun and the Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam launched the Mekong-U.S. Partnership at the first Mekong-U.S. Partnership Ministerial Meeting held online on September 11. The ASEAN Secretary General joined this inaugural meeting. With this new Partnership, the United States and Mekong partner countries are building…
Japan-U.S. Joint Statement on Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP)
The United States and Japan released a Joint Statement on the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP). This statement affirms the commitment promoting regional energy integration and market development and accelerate Mekong sub-regional infrastructure connectivity. It also highlights projects supported by JUMPP over the last year.
Monitoring the Mekong Drought
As part of the Mekong Water Data Initiative (MWDI), the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership (SIP) is continuing its long-standing collaboration with Eyes on Earth in a new effort to provide near real-time monitoring of climate conditions in the Mekong region. This collaboration begins as northeastern Thailand, central Cambodia, and parts of Myanmar continue to experience the most…
Mekong Research Symposium 2021
This event will bring together scientists, academia, the public, civil society, and government to develop collaborative approaches to address regional challenges.
U.S., Vietnam Discuss Drought and Salinity Management
The Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership (SIP) and its partners launched the first Mekong Virtual Symposium today, focusing on issues of drought and salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta. More than 200 participants registered for the one and a half-hour session online, which discussed ways in which the Mekong Delta in Vietnam—an important agricultural production area—can combat…
