BEIJING: A southwest China hydropower station has increased water discharges to up to 2,190 cubic metres per second on a trans-boundary river in order to provide emergency water supply to Vietnam and other countries in the drought-afflicted South-East Asian region, said Chen Lei, Minister of Water Resources.
The Jinghong hydropower station in southwest China’s Yunnan province will increase its water discharge on the Lancang-Mekong River through April 10 to benefit the five countries in the Indochinese Peninsula – Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
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