Scientists: Chinese exports polluting Vietnam through Red River
Lao Cai province’s chair Dang Xuan Phong said the Red River’s water from the other side of the border with China is becoming more seriously polluted. Phong made the complaint at a national online conference on environmental protection chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 24. Since 2011, the Red River’s water has become polluted, while the cross-border environment treatment solutions have been limited. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment set up an environment monitoring station in Lao Cai province to close watch over the Red River water status. However, the station can only give basic indexes and the efficiency is modest.
Phong proposed to set up more stations to monitor cross-border pollution.
