China closes Mekong River stretch

15 December 2019
Bangkok Post
Rivers and lakes
China commercial shipping / Mekong River / rock blasting

China has declared a 60-kilometre section of Mekong River off-limits to all types of boats indefinitely while rock blasting is undertaken to widen the channel for commercial shipping operations.

China announced on Friday that operators of all types of boats should avoid entering the river from Guan Lei to Ganlanpa in Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna prefecture.

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 Bangkok Post Reporter

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