Thanh Hoa: Locals wear masks as smell from dead fish overpoweringVietNamNet Bridge – In the last couples of days, caged fish in the lake of Mat Son in Thanh Hoa province died en masse, giving out a terrible smell. Dead fish in Mat Son Lake. They blamed the incident on waste water discharged by the Thanh Hoa Beer JSC. The smell from rotten fish was so bad that locals had to close all doors and windows and wear masks during the day and at night. Mr. Nguyen Van Tien, Vice Chair of Dong Ve ward, said the ward authorities sent a group of young people to fish out dead fish for buryng.

Source: VietNamNet News July 19, 2016 12:00 UTC