The new “Let’s Read” or “Tos Yeung Noam Khnea Arn” library in Kandal province – which opened in April – has been attracting a steady stream of students from Koh Khel village where it is located who have enjoyed being able to read the books in its collection and are now saying they’d like to see it expand.
Mekong level to drop as China begins power grid maintenance
By Viet Anh January 7, 2021 | 10:03 am GMT+7
A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, in October 2019. Photo by Reuters.
Water levels along the Mekong River are likely to drop by about 1.2 meters between January 5 and 24 due to power grid maintenance in China.
The outflow from the Jinghong hydropower dam in China’s Yunnan province is dropping, leading to dwindling water levels in the Mekong in Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said in a press release on Wednesday.