Heavy pollution persists in channel near textile industrial park in northern Vietnam

A channel behind a textile industrial park in Hung Yen Province, northern Vietnam has been increasingly polluted over the past few years, causing havoc to the daily lives and production activities of local residents. The foul smell from the contaminated channel, which is adjacent to the Pho Noi B textile industrial park in My Hao Town, permeates almost every corner in the area. Wastewater from the Pho Noi B textile industrial park is discharged into the channel. Photo: Tuoi TreA rainwater storage reservoir inside the Pho Noi B textile industrial park in My Hao Town, Hung Yen Province, northern Vietnam also has an awful odor. Photo: Tuoi TreThe Bac Hung Hai irrigation canal, which runs through many parts of Hung Yen Province, northern Vietnam, is polluted with wastewater.