A section of the Mekong River adjacent to Thailand.
According to the report, the average annual area of land “swallowed” by the Mekong River is more than 320 hectares and the Huang River is 11 hectares. Both of these rivers have many main sections that are the demarcation line between Laos bordering Thailand and Myanmar.
To overcome the above situation, the Lao Government has called for support from development partners, including leading important partners such as Japan and South Korea, to focus resources on building construction. anti-erosion embankment.
Up to now, the number of dikes and embankments to prevent landslides that the Lao Government has deployed across the country is 207 km out of a total of nearly 559 km to be built, equaling nearly 38%.
According to scientists, the cause of river erosion in Laos is climate change, drought as well as abnormally high water levels, making the level of danger from erosion tend to increase. high.
Laos is mobilizing resources to build embankments in many different ways, but the Mekong River flowing from north to south requires a huge budget, so anti-erosion work is only prioritized in those areas. important areas first, so major damage is still inevitable.
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