Besides feeding millions of people, the Mekong serves as a highway for craft of all sizes ​ — small boats ferrying passengers, larger vessels carrying goods, and freighters steaming to and from the open sea.
فعدد هذه الدلالفين التي تعيش في النهر لا يتعدى المئة ،‏ حسبما يقول الباحثون .‏