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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. The United Nations anticipated 1.5 million people face an acute shortage of drinking water. China then released emergency water supply from its Jinghong Hydropower Station to feed the downstream Mekong River, which helped to greatly alleviate the devastating situation.
Earlier on Monday, Nguyen Van Tinh, deputy director of the Water Resources Directorate in Vietnam, told local media that according to initial calculations, water from the upper Mekong is expected to help drive saltwater in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region back toward the sea by around 10 to 20 km, Bao Tin Tuc, an online edition of Vietnam's state-run news agency, quoted Tinh as saying.
