Lots of fish have been found dead in Hanoi’s West Lake over the past few days
The dead fish were found in the area near Nguyen Dinh Thi Street, causing a bad odour.
Speaking to Dantri/Dtinews on October 5, Tay Ho District People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Dinh Khuyen, said an estimated 100 kilos of dead fish have been gathered from the lake.
"We've asked the Hanoi Water Drainage Company to collect the dead fish and investigate the case," he said.
A representative from the Hanoi Water Drainage Company said that the fish deaths started in early October and might have been caused by changing weather.
"The dead fish might also have been newly released by local people and have not adapted to the water here," the representative explained.
Earlier in 2016 and 2018, hundreds of tonnes of fish were also found dead at West Lake. Test results from the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment showed that the fish died from a lack of oxygen.
