Mekong River: China hailed for help in tackling Vietnam's drought

The information that water discharged from the upper Mekong River has arrived in Vietnam to help alleviate both drought and saline intrusion in has drawn great attention both domestically and globally.

"The best news of the day is that fresh water has arrived." "I am so happy." "I am a farmer in Soc Trang province (a locality in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta region) and I couldn't be more delighted," read some of the comments in the local VNExpress online newspaper, after the news broke that the water level in the Mekong River in Vietnam had risen.

Since late 2015, countries along the Lancang-Mekong River, including Vietnam, have suffered from drought to varying extents due to the impact of the El Nino phenomenon.

China released an emergency water supply from its Jinghong Hydropower Station in the southwest Yunnan province to feed the downstream Mekong River between March 15 and April 10, helped to greatly alleviate the devastating situation...
 [Xinhua - china.org.cn]
5/4/16
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