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A delta ecosystem at risk of collapse

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A drought in spring 2016 ruined 160,000 hectares of Vietnam's crops, much of it rice. The state issued an urgent request for China to open the Jinghong dam so it could irrigate. The request was granted and water flowed for three weeks – proof that China, rather than Vietnam, the Mekong river's last stop on its journey to the sea, controls the water supply. The river rises in the Himalayas, 5,000m above sea level, passing through China, Myanmar, …

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A delta ecosystem at risk of collapse

A drought in spring 2016 ruined 160,000 hectares of Vietnam's crops, much of it rice. The state issued an urgent request for China to open the Jinghong dam so it could irrigate. The request was granted and water flowed for three weeks – proof that China, rather than Vietnam, the Mekong river's last stop on its journey to the sea, controls the water supply. The river rises in the Himalayas, 5,000m above sea level, passing through China, Myanmar, …

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