HẢI PHÒNG — The Traffic Police Department in cooperation with the Waterway Police and Hải Phòng City’s Police on Tuesday seized two illegal sand exploitation vessels in Cấm River in Hải Phòng City’s An Dương District. The captains of the vessels did not have ship registration papers and licences for sand exploitation. Recently, illegal exploitation of sand has been occurring regularly in Hải Phòng City. Notably, there have been disputes between aqua-culture breeders and sand exploitation ships. Illegal sand exploitation has been happening in rivers across the country in recent years.

Source: Viet Nam News July 12, 2017 08:32 UTC