Reporters visiting the Cap Tien Commune of Son Duong Province on a summer day complained of a smell that produced a burning sensation in their sinuses, and that breathing had become difficult.
Local residents said the smell was the “product” of An Hoa, a local paper manufacturer, with a plant just 200 meters from the residential quarter.
Affirming that An Hoa is the culprit that poisons Lo River, local residents said that they sometimes see the waste water running from An Hoa to the river at dawn.
The waste water from An Hoa produces a terrible smell affecting a large area with a radius of several kilometers. The water, according to the locals, is dark green sometimes and black at other times.
