According to data from Vietnam Electricity Group, at 3:00 PM on March 17, in the Northwest region, large reservoirs on the Da River continued to be at a high level.
Lai Chau Lake reached 294.48m, approaching the normal water level (295m), no discharge has occurred.
Son La Lake is at 214.56m, close to the normal water level, inflow to the lake 646 m3/s, discharge 496 m3/s.
Hoa Binh Lake reached 114.82m, discharging 495 m3/s.
Huoi Quang and Ban Chat reservoirs maintain high water levels, mainly for power generation.
Meanwhile, Thac Ba reservoir is at 55m, lower than the normal water level, but discharges up to 293.4 m3/s, much higher than the inflow to the reservoir.
In the Northeast region, Tuyen Quang reservoir reached 114.71m, discharging 121.65 m3/s through the plant.
In the North Central region, Trung Son reservoir reached 159.07m, approximately the normal water level; Ban Ve reservoir has not discharged; Khe Bo reservoir has a flow rate of 214.6 m3/s, discharging 95.5 m3/s.
In the Central and Central Highlands regions, many reservoirs have low water inflow, no discharge or very little discharge. Some reservoirs such as Se San 3, Buon Kuop, and A Vuong maintain power generation with low flow.
In general, hydropower reservoirs are operating mainly for power generation, and overflows have not been recorded in the context of the end of the dry season.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the weather forecast for March 16th, the Northern region has light rain in some places, early morning fog and light fog scattered, sunny skies in the afternoon. Cold at night and early morning.
The Southern region in the late afternoon and night has showers and thunderstorms in some places; sunny during the day, especially the East has hot sunny places.
