Vietnam discussing with China, other Mekong countries to ensure sustainable use of water

Hanoi : Vietnam is discussing very actively with China and other Mekong River countries in order to ensure sustainable use of the Mekong water resources, said a Vietnamese official on Thursday.
Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made the remark at a regular press briefing in Vietnam's capital Hanoi when responding to a reporter's enquiry over China's discharge of water to Mekong River downstream to help alleviate drought and saline intrusion in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta region.
"Through diplomatic channel, Vietnam has requested China to increase the release of water from Jinghong dam in China's Yunnan province to help alleviate the drought and saline intrusion in a number of Vietnamese southern provinces in the Mekong Delta region," said Binh.//Xinhua news agency