Pollution alarm sounded as sea cucumbers stranded on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island

TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 09/21/2015 11:52 GMT + 7

 

Dead sea cucumbers are seen on the seashore on Phu Quoc Island, off Kien Giang Province, located in southern Vietnam.
Thousands of sea cucumbers were washed up on the beach of Phu Quoc Island over the weekend, raising concern among experts that the ecosystem of the famous Vietnamese tourist destination is at risk of severe pollution.

On Saturday, locals and visitors were surprised to see thousands of the marine animals pushed ashore and fill the beach on Phu Quoc, a district administered by the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. Tiếp tục đọc “Pollution alarm sounded as sea cucumbers stranded on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island”