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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville has recently had inaccurate and biased words based on wrongful information about recent mass gatherings in major cities.

The Quang Tri People’s Committee has made a decision on urgent aid for farmers in the coastal districts of Trieu Phong, Vinh Linh, Gio Linh and Hai Lang, which are affected by mass fish deaths.

Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on May 15 reaffirmed his intent to realise his commitments during the presidential election in his first press conference since his victory.

Social order in Ho Chi Minh City was disrupted on May 1 and 8 after some mass gatherings were held in the name of environment protection using the context of unusual mass fish deaths in the central.

Police in the northern province of Thai Binh on May 13 decided to launch criminal proceedings against the illegal use of information on the Internet regarding the mass fish deaths in Con Vanh beach.

A voluntary programme was launched in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 12 to enhance young people’s participation in protecting the marine environment.

More than 36,000 local household members, suffering losses from mass fish deaths in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will receive support from local authorities from May 12.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 9 signed a decision to provide urgent assistance for farmers in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.

The Vietnam Environment Administration’s Centre for Environmental Monitoring has issued a dispatch to guide four central coastal provinces affected by the mass fish deaths in April.

The central city of Da Nang and other affected provinces have launched points of sale for clean fish in the wake of the mass fish deaths that occurred in the central coastal region in early April.

The Prime Minister has assigned respective tasks to ministries and localities in the wake of the serious and unusual mass fish deaths that happened in the central coastal region in early April.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has asked its affiliates to intensify efforts to find the cause of mass fish death in the central provinces.

Specific measures must be deployed to deal with the consequences of the recent massive fish deaths, and to prevent similar environmental disasters, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed.

Leaders of the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation (FHS) officially apologised for a shocking statement made by a company’s representative regarding recent massive fish deaths in the central region.

The recent mass fish death in the central coastal region is likely due to the contamination of biological or chemical toxins at high levels, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.

Representatives from the MARD on April 24 told Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung that in three to five days, they would have an answer to the massive death

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has asked relevant units to determine the reason for mass fish deaths in central coastal provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam is in Group A dubbed the “Group of Death” at the ASEAN U-16 Football Championship.

Over 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates attended a ceremony at Sapa Shopping Mall in Prague, the Czech Republic, on April 17 to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings and learn about their roots.

Donna Buenagua Mazon, 41, from the Philippines, was sentenced to death at the second trial of the Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s court on April 15 for smuggling nearly 1.5 kilograms of cocaine.