A Chinese man makes his way on a boat on the Lancang-Mekong river near Jinghong
close to the Chinese-Myanmar border in China's Yunnan province, July 6, 2005.
People fish on the Mekong River in Phnom Penh as the sun rises, Sept 5, 2010.
Cambodian children play in the Mekong river in Kandal province, in the
outskirts of Phnom Penh, Nov 6, 2009.
People clean fish on the Mekong riverbank in Phnom Penh, Dec 9, 2011.
A Thai fisherman spreads his net over the Mekong river on the Thai-Laos border
in Mukdahan, March 26, 2004.
A general view shows Kings Romans, the casino in Laos along the Thai Mekong
river opposite Sop Ruak in the Golden Triangle region bordering Thailand, Laos
and Myanmar, Jan 13, 2012.
A view shows a model of the future development of the Golden Triangle Special
Economic Zone, run by Chinese company Jin Mu Mian, in Laos on the Mekong River
opposite Sop Ruak in the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand,
Myanmar and Laos meet, Jan 14, 2012.
Workers load a Chinese boat at the Thai Mekong river port of Chiang Saen in the
Golden Triangle region where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet,
Jan 14, 2012.
A Cambodian boy plays on a boat loaded with gasoline tanks at Takeo province,
southeast of Phnom Penh, Sept 9, 2005.
People rest on their boat on the Mekong riverbank in Phnom Penh, Dec 9, 2011.