Permanent measures sought to prevent fish deaths in Saigon’s iconic canal

Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 04/15/2017 08:20 GMT + 7

Experts and authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are concerned over the mass fish deaths occurring in an iconic canal following unseasonal rains.

The phenomenon has been happening for years along the Nhieu Loc- Thi Nghe Canal, typically at the beginning of the annual rainy season, though unseasonal downpours earlier this month seem to have had the same fatal affect on the canal’s marine life.

Though the reason behind the phenomenon has already been determined, a variety of proposed solutions has failed to bring about a permanent fix. Tiếp tục đọc “Permanent measures sought to prevent fish deaths in Saigon’s iconic canal”

Boom times lead to record pollution levels in Vietnam and beyond

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The hazy smog of Hanoi and the Red River via Flickr (Addison Berry)

asiancorrespondent – ON March 5, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi issued a startling report on local pollution levels that caused considerable alarm for a city not used to Beijing-style waves of smog. Tiếp tục đọc “Boom times lead to record pollution levels in Vietnam and beyond”