Vietnam and Cambodia have historical responsibilities to the Mekong River.

Cambodian Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor emphasized this during a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang on the afternoon of July 3.



Vietnam and Cambodia approve memorandum of understanding to conduct joint research on impacts of mainstream hydropower development on the Mekong River

At the meeting in Phnom Penh, the leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, who are visiting and working in Cambodia, and the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology of Cambodia discussed and approved a memorandum of understanding on the two countries jointly conducting a study on the impacts of mainstream hydropower development on the Mekong River and other types of upstream development on the Mekong Delta of Cambodia and the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, including the impacts on the delta and the flow regime of the Tonle Sap Lake of Cambodia.

Comprehensive environmental, economic and social assessment study of the impacts of hydropower dams on the Mekong mainstream on natural, economic and social systems in the Mekong Delta.

Vietnam's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang said that this joint study will be expanded to include all lower Mekong countries, which will be most affected by mainstream hydropower development projects.

Minister Nguyen Minh Quang said: “Vietnam and Cambodia, together with Laos and Thailand, will comprehensively study all impacts on the Mekong River, which affect downstream countries. How the Mekong River becomes a river that connects history for the common benefit of all peoples on this river.”

For his part, Cambodian Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor affirmed that Cambodia fully supports and will participate to the fullest extent in joint research with Vietnam and other countries./.

According to (Vov.vn)-LT