Surge in Red River hurts Vietnamese crops
After hydrologists warned last week that huge discharges of water from Chinese reservoirs upstream would flood the Hong (Red River) in the north, water levels have risen sharply, damaging ships and destroying crops.
The Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper reported that the water discharge caused the river waters flowing through Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces to rise and damage to crops along the banks.
