Photographer Sayan Chuenodomsavad zeroes in on the stark differences between the lives of people who are moving towards new opportunities brought by the easier navigation, and those whose livelihoods are being swept away in the wake of changes brought by the agreement.

Photographer Truong Van Vi documents the changes in the areas where the Trans-Asia Highway passes through Vietna and Cambodia.

This photo was taken under the Imaging Our Mekong media fellowship (www.newsmekong.org), an annual programme implemented by IPS Asia-Pacific and Probe Media Foundation Inc with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Photojournalist Chu Phuc Kinh Luan captures the links between the past and the future on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

This photo was taken under the Imaging Our Mekong media fellowship (www.newsmekong.org), an annual programme implemented by IPS Asia-Pacific and Probe Media Foundation Inc with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Photographer Sayan Chuenodomsavad went on this assignment with the goal of looking at changes along the Mekong River a few years after the navigation agreement came into place in 2000.

This photo was taken under the Imaging Our Mekong media fellowship (www.newsmekong.org), an annual programme implemented by IPS Asia-Pacific and Probe Media Foundation Inc with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Vannaphone Sitthirath opens her camera lenses to the young in Laos, especially in Poipet, who have gone through situations that she said "many adults would find hard to imagine".

This photo was taken under the Imaging Our Mekong media fellowship (www.newsmekong.org),
an annual programme implemented by IPS Asia-Pacific and Probe Media
Foundation Inc with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Photographer Sun Yong (not his real name) focuses on the Karen ethnic group of Burma,who continue to suffer from the effects of five decades of civil strife in their country. This photo was taken under the Imaging Our Mekong media fellowship (www.newsmekong.org), an annual programme implemented by IPS Asia-Pacific and Probe Media Foundation Inc with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation.