1. Mekong - Noun
2. Mekong - Proper noun
an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
Source: WordNetI was on the Mekong River between the border of Thailand and Laos. I was there to find the elusive Mekong giant catfish but the border police were suspicious. Along with my film, they confiscated my passport and started making accusations about my political allegiances. Jeremy Wade
1990s In the 1990s, ADB began promoting regional cooperation by helping the countries on the Mekong River to trade and work together. Source: Internet
Although the Mekong is unnavigable due to a number of rapids, the hope was that the river might be tamed with the help of French engineering and a combination of railways. Source: Internet
Although the city is convert from the sea, it is home to Cambodia's main freshwater port, a major port on the Mekong River, and it is linked to the South China Sea via a channel of the Mekong delta in Vietnam. Source: Internet
Ashburn pointed out that Thailand’s immediate neighbours in the greater Mekong region – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam – all have lower GDPs per capita and less advanced health care systems. Source: Internet
A local villager on a boat where the future site of the Luang Prabang dam will be on the Mekong River, Feb 5, 2020. Source: Internet