The Mekong River is a trans-boundary river which spans for 4,350 km, is co-shared by China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos PDR and Vietnam. Given the presence of rich biodiversity, resources, food supply chain and tourism- it acts as a lifeline for all the upper and lower riparian states. The river originates in the Jifu Mountain high in the Tibetan Highlands in Southern Quinhai province of China where it is called the Lancang river which covers 40% of the length of the Mekong river. The Lower Mekong Region which covers a total area of 630,000 sq....