Illegal gold mining pollutes Đắkrông River
Although the Thừa Thiên-Huế Province People’s Committee announced it had cracked down on illegal gold mining along the upper part of the Đắkrông River in A Lưới District, the river water is still polluted, affecting people living downstream.
Lao động (Labour) newspaper on Wednesday reported that gold was still being mined illegally in the mountainous district on a much larger scale than reported by local authorities.
One gold mine is in Hamlet 3, Hồng Thuỷ Commune. The area consists of a hill, on which there are holes of depths up to tens of metres. Nearby is a reservoir used for gold panning.
