PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Mainland Southeast Asia is entering its fourth year of drought, with climate change and unrelenting dam construction taking an un
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Mainland Southeast Asia is entering its fourth year of drought, with climate change and unrelenting dam construction taking an un
January 8, 2021 Share
China informed downstream Mekong river neighbors of a 20-day water restriction at its southernmost dam on the waterway six days after it started holding back water on Dec. 31, drawing a mix of credit for sharing data with downstream governments and criticism for not giving Thailand, Cambodia and others advance notice.
A statement issued Wednesday by the Mekong River Commission, an intergovernment agency that works with the governments of Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, to manage the 2,703-mile river’s resources, said that China promised that the river’s flow held back at the Jinghong Dam “will be gradually restored to its normal operation status on January 25.”