Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in Ho Chi Minh City choked with garbage, dead fish
Dead tilapia and carp blanketed the surface of the canal on Wednesday afternoon
Dead tilapia and carp blanketed the surface of the canal on Wednesday afternoon
The fish were released into the Hau (Back) River on Saturday
The video went viral after being uploaded on social media and stirred mixed opinions
A 53-year-old man in Hanoi has spent the past two decades transforming his family estate into one of the area’s most well-known fish farms.
The activity was carried out by Vietnam’s Directorate of Fisheries and the An Giang People’s Committee
The owner of the farm has been missing since disaster struck
Chickens and ducks of local farmers also died after eating the dead fish
Some of the fish weighed up to 10 kilograms
A Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper investigation has shown that a number of mindless residents have elevated angling along a revived canal in Ho Chi Minh City from an undesirable pastime to an ecologically damaging livelihood by electrocuting fish
Visitors to the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam are now pampered with a wide array of rustic delights, including fishing and admiring lotuses on ecological tours