Illegal sand mining on the Da River in the northern mountainous province of Son La has become more and more serious in recent years.

The board of directors of Song Da Water Investment Company (Viwasupco) on November 5 fired Nguyen Van Ton from his posts as general director and legal representative of the firm due to the fallout from the recent water contamination incident.

Nguyen Duc Chung, chairman of Hanoi City’s government, on behalf of the municipal leaders, has pledged to learn from past mistakes in handling the water contamination incident involving the Da River.

Police in the northern province of Hoa Binh yesterday filed charges against three individuals who allegedly dumped waste engine oil into the Da River, polluting fresh water supplied to hundreds of thousands of people in Hanoi.

The Directorate of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has instructed Hanoi market watch to put a stop to rising prices of bottled water.

Hanoi will give daily reports on tap water quality following the oil contamination at the Da River Water Plant.

Vinaconex Water Supply Joint Stock Company (Viwasupco), which purifies water to supply for a large part of Hanoi, did not clean the contaminated water but isolated it.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have asked local authorities in Hoa Binh to find the truck discharging oil and contaminating the Da River which is believed to be the cause of polluted tap water in Hanoi.

Running across the northwest highlands of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Hoa Binh before going down to Phu Tho to merge into the Red River, DA River makes a great contribution to the national grid system.

Four students drowned while swimming in the Da River in Phu Tho Province on July 16 according to local authorities.

Citizens in many districts in Hanoi may have to face summer water shortages as the water level in Da River has fallen.

VietNamNet Bridge – People living along the banks of the Da River in the north have been familiar with large grocery boats loaded with various types of goods, from daily necessities such as rice, sugar and salt to household appliances,

Hoang The Trung, former director of the Da River pipeline project was arrested in Hanoi on May 8 on charges of mismanagement and failure to discharge due responsibilities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The water pipeline bringing water from the Da River to Ha Noi broke again yesterday, the tenth time in the past four years.

 The Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday began an investigation into a series of recent incidents leading to the rupture of the pipeline bringing water from Da River to Ha Noi.

 Construction firm VINACONEX has apologised for poor quality of the main pipeline bringing water from the Da River to Ha Noi and pledged that another one that it is laying now will steer clear of mistakes made in the first.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past few days, the water pipe extending from the Da River that serves more than 70,000 Hanoians broke for the ninth time since it was put into operation in 2008.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The pipe carrying safe water from Da River to Hanoi’s city center broke again on Tuesday night for the seventh time, affecting hundreds of thousands of Hanoians. However, repair was completed within one day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ba Vi National Park is the nearest "green world" to the capital city of Hanoi, where nature-lovers can find an ideal escape from the hustle and bustle of city life in all four seasons.