Photo: YouTube.

Severe pollution in southern Vietnam has caused water in a river in the Mekong Delta to turn black, killing fish and other marine life.

Residents living near the Cai Lon River in Hau Giang Province claim that a sugar factory located by the river has been discharging untreated effluent, VN Express reported.

Water in the river has turned black as a result and is also spreading foul smell.

Local authorities said they have taken samples of the polluted water to determine the cause and will take action accordingly.

Long My Town resident Pham Thi Thuy Linh, 35, said the water has been pitch black for 10 days and is only getting worse. Almost all of the fish, shrimp and frogs being farmed by nearby households had been killed by the polluted water, he said.

The Cai Lon River is the key source of water in Long My Town. A water treatment plant in the neighborhood uses about 4,000 cubic meters from the river to provide water for 6,000 families in the town.

However, the river has become so polluted that the plant is now extracting water from artesian basins under the ground instead.

Join the Conversation

16 Comments

  1. hey there and thank you for your info – I have certainly picked up something new from right here.
    I did however expertise some technical issues using this website,
    as I experienced to reload the website many times previous to I could get it to load correctly.
    I had been wondering if your hosting is OK? Not that I’m
    complaining, but slow loading instances times will very frequently
    affect your placement in google and can damage your high quality score if ads and
    marketing with Adwords. Well I am adding this RSS to my email and could
    look out for a lot more of your respective fascinating content.
    Ensure that you update this again very soon.

  2. Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot about this, like you wrote the book in it or something.

    I think that you can do with a few pics to drive the message home a little bit,
    but instead of that, this is excellent blog. An excellent read.
    I will certainly be back.

  3. Hi there, I discovered your site via Google at the same time as searching for a comparable subject,
    your web site got here up, it seems great.
    I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.
    Hi there, just was alert to your blog through Google, and found that it’s really
    informative. I am going to be careful for brussels.
    I’ll be grateful if you continue this in future. Lots of other people shall be benefited from your
    writing. Cheers!

  4. I used to be suggested this blog via my cousin. I’m not sure whether or not this publish is written by way of him as
    nobody else recognize such specified about my problem.

    You’re amazing! Thank you!

  5. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate your efforts and I
    will be waiting for your next write ups thank you once again.
    pof natalielise

  6. Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any widgets I could add to my blog that automatically tweet
    my newest twitter updates. I’ve been looking for a
    plug-in like this for quite some time and was hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this.
    Please let me know if you run into anything. I truly enjoy reading your blog and I look forward to your new
    updates.