The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

The fourth Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit, themed “'Innovation and Cooperation for a Water Secure and Sustainable Mekong”, issued the Vientiane Declaration before it wrapped up in the Lao capital on April 5.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 4 afternoon left Hanoi for Laos to attend the fourth Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit slated for the next day.

Students' teams from the Water Resources University and Can Tho University of Vietnam won two second prizes for technologies to monitor water level and measure soil moisture in a contest initiated by the Mekong River Commission (MRC), which took place in Vientiane, Laos, on March 30 and 31.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the fourth Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on April 5, according to the Foreign Ministry's communique.

Laos will host the fourth Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit and the MRC International Conference in its capital Vientiane from April 2-5.

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat and Facebook on August 31 launched a collaboration initiative to provide early flood alert and drought monitoring information to riparian communities and governments in the Lower Mekong region.

Extreme low flows and extensive flooding of different communities along the Mekong River last year and an increasing number of droughts that have occurred in many parts of the region in recent years are among the signs that the Mekong region is facing increasing risks from extreme weather events and developments, says a new report by the Mekong River Commission (MRC).

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will organise the first regional stakeholder forum on the Pak Lay hydropower project in Vientiane, Laos, on September 20-21, according to the MRC’s press release on August 30.

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has welcomed the Lao Government’s decision to review all existing and underway dams and suspend the consideration of all new hydropower projects following a recent dam break.

The 3rd Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit takes place in Siem Reap, Cambodia from April 2-4, themed “Joint Efforts and Partnership towards Achievement of the SDGs in the Mekong."

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techno Hun Sen on the sidelines of the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on April 4.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to attend a Mekong River Commission (MRC) summit in Cambodia, where he will be meeting with top leaders of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

NA leader Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan highlighted the reinforced relationship between the legislatures of VN and Myanmar at her reception for De Speaker of the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar Aye Thar Aung.

The UN will take steps to support drought-stricken countries, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said in an interview with Vietnam News Agency.

Drought and saltwater intrusion are predicted to continue damaging parts of the Mekong Delta despite China’s release of upriver water.

Le Duc Trung, Chief of the Office of Vietnam National Mekong Committee, spoke to the newspaper Tin Tuc (News) about how to share the Mekong River to the benefit of all regional countries.