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.

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.

Authorities have been asked to find the truck that was used to pour engine oil into a spring near Song Da Water plant. The oil spill has been identified as the cause of the foul smell of the tap water used to supply residents of Hanoi.

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.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the shortage of clean water for irrigation has become serious, local authorities are trying every possible way to bring clean water to fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of thousands of households in the suburbs of HCM City have to save every drop of clean water as they have no access to tap water. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Billions of dong have been poured into clean water supply works, but local people living nearby still don’t have clean water.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 60 percent of residents in suburban districts of Hanoi still do not have tap water. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Most of the water supply plants in Hanoi which exploit underground water use outdated filtration technology which cannot eliminate toxic substances.  

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