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Post fish-death salt samples safe

All samples of salt products taken from central coastal provinces that recently recorded an unusual massive fish death along the coast were tested and have met the national quality standards.

Lakes in Hanoi have become the 'dead lungs' of the city

VietNamNet Bridge - The lakes in Hanoi are considered the lungs of the city, but many of them have become seriously polluted.

Three plants must pay $180,000 for polluting river

On May 17 the General Department of Environment decided to impose nearly VND4 billion ($190,000) fines on three companies for polluting the Buoi River by discharging untreated wastewater.

Waste and dead fish in Hanoi’s lakes

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of lakes, the lungs of Hanoi, have become polluted.

Alleged polluter to compensate Thanh Hoa fish farmers

 The Hoa Binh Sugarcane and Sugar JSC will pay more than VNĐ1.4 billion (US$62,790 ) as compensation to the households that suffered from the mass fish deaths along the Bưởi River.

Formosa leaders beg for forgiveness after pollution remarks

Formosa Ha Tinh yesterday apologised for the recent inflammatory remarks by its PR guru Chou Chun Fan that suggested local people couldn’t expect to maintain their local environment if they wanted to have a modern steel industry.

Highly poisonous toxin causes mass fish deaths in central Vietnam

 A highly-poisonous toxin may be behind the abnormal mass fish deaths along the central coast of Vietnam over the last three weeks.

Mysterious fish death spells doom for tourism

The unknown cause of mass dying of fishstock in the central part of Vietnam may affect the tourism sector, known as one of the major bread-winners of the central region.

Ha Tinh Industrial Zone suspected of polluting sea

 Authorities in Ha Tinh Province are investigating a mass fish death in Ky Anh Town after local farmers raised fears it was caused by sewage discharge from the nearby Formosa Industrial Zone.

Hanoi under a polluted cloud

Many Hanoians seem unaware of the high air pollution in their city despite the warnings of environmentalists and statistics from the US Embassy’s air quality monitoring station in Lang Ha Street over the past week.

Over 1,100 tons of fish kill by pollution in Mekong Detal provinces

 VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 1,119 tonnes of fish raised in cages along the Cai Vung River died from February 3 to 9, according to the latest statistics released by the An Giang and Dong Thap provinces' agricultural sector

Environment Ministry worried for mineral overexploitation in Mekong Delta

Plans to evaluate mineral reserves and marine natural resources and to help residents better adapt to climate change nationwide - especially in the Mekong Delta region – are high up this year.

Stench forces residents to wear masks to bed

Thousands of residents in Van Phu and Phuong Lau communes in Viet Tri City are reportedly wearing facial masks overnight, which is not a kind of skin care for brighter skin the next morning but rather a way to fight against air pollution there.

Factories blamed for mass fish death in Dong Nai River

 Farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai said they disagree with the contention that a low oxygen content in water caused the death of roughly 200 tonnes of fish in Dong Nai River recently.

Cause of death of 200 tons of fish in Dong Nai River identified

The authorities of Dong Nai province have announced that the low dissolved oxygen content in the water of Dong Nai River is the cause of the death of more than 200 tons of fish at fish farms in Tan Mai and Buu Hoa communes in Bien Hoa City.

Wastewater tank breaks, flows down Gam River

 A tank containing hundreds of cubic metres of wastewater and lead and zinc waste from a factory in this northern mountainous province split, spilling its contents into Gam River.

Biggest island in Cam Ranh Bay flooded with rubbish

 Binh Ba is the largest island in Cam Ranh Bay, Khanh Hoa Province, with wild beauty and colorful coral reefs. However, environmental pollution has become alarming as waste has overwhelmed the beautiful island.

Pollution harming Phu Quoc Island environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing pollution is threatening the seas and ecology surrounding the tourist island of Phu Quoc in the southern province of Kien Giang.

Mountains of coal sludge still threat to lives in Quang Ninh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not until recent rain and floods claimed 17 lives and caused millions of dollars worth of damage were the landslide and pollution risks taken seriously in the coal producing province of Quang Ninh.

Pollution raises a stink with investors

As the pollution from the Phuoc Hiep waste treatment complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi Commune continues to affect the environment of the surrounding areas, businesses have urged the local authorities to focus investment capital