Joint patrol of Mekong River concludes

FILE PHOTO: A fisherman sails his boat along the Mekong River in Vientiane on October 8, 2024. The near-5,000km Mekong is South-East Asia’s longest and most important river with tens of millions in six countries, including China, depending on it daily. - AFP

KUNMING: The 157th joint Mekong River patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand concluded on Tuesday (Sept 30), the public security department of south-west China's Yunnan Province announced on Wednesday.

More than 100 law-enforcement personnel and seven patrol vessels from the four countries were involved in the latest joint patrol of the river.