According to data from Vietnam Electricity Group, at 8:00 am on May 18, in the Northwest region, hydropower reservoirs on the Da River system continued to operate with large power generation.
Son La Lake reached a water level of 202.72 m, inflow to the lake 121 m3/s, total discharge and power generation output 1,878 m3/s. Hoa Binh Lake is at 104.84 m, inflow to 541 m3/s and power generation output 2,065 m3/s - the largest discharge level in the country at the present time.
Lai Chau, Ban Chat, and Huoi Quang reservoirs are still mainly stocking water and have not generated electricity.
Thac Ba Lake generates 146.52 m3/s of electricity, contributing to supplementing electricity for the Northern system.
According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on May 18, the Northwest region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain. Rain concentrated in the late afternoon and night.
The Northeast region has rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain. Rain concentrates in the afternoon and night.
The Southern region will have showers and thunderstorms in some places during the day; showers and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and night, locally heavy rain in some places.
