These sand dredge boats are a very common sight on the Perfume River, Vietnam. Photo source: ©© Maurice Koop
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After a period of calm, the illegal sand mining in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s Tien Giang province has been running rampant in recent days.
Residents in My Tho City’s Thoi Son Islet feared that the reason for the increasing landslides along the Tien River are due to sand mining activities near the shore.
Despite being banned by local authorities, illegal sand mining groups from this province and Ben Tre province are still operating here…
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