At the signing ceremony (Photo: www.mrcmekong.org) Hanoi (VNA) – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat and the Lancang-MekongWater Resources Cooperation Centre (LMC Water Centre) have inked an agreement toenhance efficiency of key cooperation fields between the two bodies.
Data andinformation exchange, basin-wide monitoring, and joint assessment on Mekongwater and related resources are among the main areas to benefit from the newpartnership, according to a media release of the MRC on December 18.
A memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) was signed by Dr. An Pich Hatda, the MRC Secretariat’s ChiefExecutive Officer and Dr. Zhong Yong, the LMC Water Centre Secretary General,at the Ministerial Meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation in China in attendance of the water and environment ministers of the sixLancang-Mekong countries.
Over the nextfive years, both organisations will work together through water and relatedresources development and management so as to jointly promote sustainablesocial and economic development of the Mekong countries.
These technicalareas of collaboration include experience sharing, data and informationexchange, basin monitoring, joint assessment and study, knowledge management,and associated skill building and training.
Addressing thesigning ceremony, LMC Water Centre Secretary General Dr Zhong Yong voiced hisbelief that the MoU will tighten the two organisations’ relations, and createsynergy in regional water resources cooperation, adding that it will help thesides contribute to livelihood improvement and better socio-economicdevelopment in the Lancang-Mekong River basin.
As an initialstep, both organisations agreed to conduct a joint research on the 2019 droughtand low flow situation in the Mekong River basin that covers both the lower andthe upper part in China where Mekong is known as Lancang.
The jointresearch, which is planned to begin in January and finish by September 2020,aims to identify the causes and impacts of drought and low flow condition in2019.
Informed by thefindings, the study will also provide recommended measures and actions relatedto data and information sharing and improvement among all the ripariancountries, develop a clear communication protocol, and enhance coordinatedoperations of the reservoirs in both China and the Mekong countries for a moreeffective response to the current and future issues of drought and water flow.
According to thelatest MRC’s flow monitoring, the 2019 drought has brought the Mekong waterlevels to their lowest points in living memory or at least over the last 60years, with most parts of the basin having experienced an exceptionallyregional low flow since June./.
Data andinformation exchange, basin-wide monitoring, and joint assessment on Mekongwater and related resources are among the main areas to benefit from the newpartnership, according to a media release of the MRC on December 18.
A memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) was signed by Dr. An Pich Hatda, the MRC Secretariat’s ChiefExecutive Officer and Dr. Zhong Yong, the LMC Water Centre Secretary General,at the Ministerial Meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation in China in attendance of the water and environment ministers of the sixLancang-Mekong countries.
Over the nextfive years, both organisations will work together through water and relatedresources development and management so as to jointly promote sustainablesocial and economic development of the Mekong countries.
These technicalareas of collaboration include experience sharing, data and informationexchange, basin monitoring, joint assessment and study, knowledge management,and associated skill building and training.
Addressing thesigning ceremony, LMC Water Centre Secretary General Dr Zhong Yong voiced hisbelief that the MoU will tighten the two organisations’ relations, and createsynergy in regional water resources cooperation, adding that it will help thesides contribute to livelihood improvement and better socio-economicdevelopment in the Lancang-Mekong River basin.
As an initialstep, both organisations agreed to conduct a joint research on the 2019 droughtand low flow situation in the Mekong River basin that covers both the lower andthe upper part in China where Mekong is known as Lancang.
The jointresearch, which is planned to begin in January and finish by September 2020,aims to identify the causes and impacts of drought and low flow condition in2019.
Informed by thefindings, the study will also provide recommended measures and actions relatedto data and information sharing and improvement among all the ripariancountries, develop a clear communication protocol, and enhance coordinatedoperations of the reservoirs in both China and the Mekong countries for a moreeffective response to the current and future issues of drought and water flow.
According to thelatest MRC’s flow monitoring, the 2019 drought has brought the Mekong waterlevels to their lowest points in living memory or at least over the last 60years, with most parts of the basin having experienced an exceptionallyregional low flow since June./.
VNA
