VietNamNet Bridge – Fish farmers in central Quang Ngai Province are concerned about thousands of dead fish, which are polluting a local lake.

One morning at the end of April, Nguyen Van Phu, a resident in Nguyen Khe Commune, Ha Noi’s Dong Anh District, woke up shocked to find that the fish in Nguyen Khe Lagoon had died en mass.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seafood companies and traders in four central provinces affected by the Formosa toxic incident have asked management agencies to quickly take samples of frozen fish inventories for safety tests,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The blooming of algae, resulting in the red tide phenomenon, is the main cause behind mass fish deaths reported last week in central Thanh Hoa Province,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tonnes of cage-raised fish along the Buoi River in the north central province of Thanh Hoa have continued to die, according to local officials.

Experts have called for ministries and other relevant government agencies to improve regulations on environmental protection and strengthen inspection and supervision capacity to ward off environmental incidents like mass fish deaths

There has yet to be a definitive conclusion on the cause of mass fish deaths in the central region, but nonetheless, local residents whose diets rely on seafood and fishermen living along the coast from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien-Hue have been suffering.