As an important international river in Indo-china Peninsula, the Lancang-Mekong river flows past one of the most promising regions in Asia and the world. However, it is also an area with a high risk of flood disasters, which often brings about huge economic losses and human casualties in the basin countries. Due to the large differences in the water infrastructure investment and the different national awareness and experiences in the flood disaster reduction, it is necessary to enhance the regional cooperation for the flood disaster risk management among basin countries. This paper reviews the progress of the collaboration with respect to the flood disaster risk reduction in the Lancang-Mekong river basin in three phases. On this basis, some suggestions are proposed in view of the different efforts in the collaboration with respect to the flood disaster risk reduction among stakeholders, to improve the cooperation mechanism and effectively deal with the flood related issues in the LangcangMekong river basin for sustainable development.

flood  /  disaster risk reduction  /  river basin management  /  Langcang-Mekong river  /  transboundary flood disaster risk