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A major achievement of the GMS Program is improved transport connectivity in the subregion as exemplified in the main GMS economic corridors: the East-West, the North-South, and the Southern. Potential impacts With depressions, storms or typhoons forecast in August and September, the report adds that reverse flows into the Tonle Sap Lake could be happening now, with an expected larger volume than the first two instances. The reverse flows into the lake usually occur from mid-May to mid-October, lasting for 120 days on average. The countries should seek alternative water sources to ensure the availability of water supplies. Le Thi Huong Lien: For the next decade, the GMS Program will focus on new measures to strengthen regional cooperation, including more effective resource utilization and more careful balancing of development with environmental concerns. However, this year, reverse flows at normal volumes have not yet occurred, although two extremely small instances were experienced in July. Using available monitoring, rainfall and weather data from the MRC and other global sources, the report adds that operations of the mainstream dams in the Upper Mekong Basin and the tributary dams in the LMB may have affected the present low flow conditions. Using available monitoring, rainfall and weather data from the MRC and other global sources, the report adds that operations of the mainstream dams in the Upper Mekong Basin and the tributary dams in the LMB may have affected the present low flow conditions. The managing director of new bookstore ‘Le Story’, which opened in central Phnom Penh in June, has said the shop will have publications to meet the needs of both local and foreign customers,  especially students. The report also says that the Member Countries should request hydropower operators and irrigation operators to adjust their near-term operations and monitor potential bank erosion. The Mekong River Commission is an intergovernmental organization for regional dialogue and cooperation in the Lower Mekong River Basin, established in 1995 based on the Mekong Agreement between Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam. MRC Secretariat CEO An Pich Hatda and German Ambassador Jens Lutkenherm lead a signing ceremony in Vientiane on Friday. The low Mekong River water level at Phnom Penh’s riverside during the dry season. Modi’s entreaty to be “vocal about local” should be amended to “vocal about local and global”. Khmer Times is now available on iPhone and Android. Among these are abnormal low rainfall affected by the El Nino weather phenomenon, prolonged low flow conditions carried over from 2019, and lower water flow contributions from the Mekong tributaries. Sopheak Meas: By the end of 2011, ADB had extended loans and grants totaling $5.1 billion for 56 investment projects in the subregion with a total project cost of $15.0 billion. A Chinese law enforcement vessel leaves the waters of Muang Mo of the Laos upon completion of its mission, November 21, 2019. The low flows have caused Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake to experience “extremely dry conditions”, with reverse flows at their lowest on record since 1997. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT), South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), Civil Society/Non-government Organizations, Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program: Overview, The Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework (2012-2022), Ecological Footprint and Investment in Natural Capital in Asia and the Pacific, Publication: Greater Mekong Subregion - Twenty Years of Partnership, Publication: Trade and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion, News release: Greater Mekong Subregion Marks 20 Years of Cooperation, Achievement, Video: Greater Mekong Subregion Celebrates 20th Year of Cooperation, Photo essay: ADB Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation, Photo essay: GMS Program - Milestones in Transcending Boundaries for 20 Years, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Program: 12 Things to Know, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 12 Things to Know, 12 Things to Know: Food Security in Asia and the Pacific. However, the MRC Secretariat has been unable to obtain official data and information to verify the potential impacts of storage operations in the upper basin.