UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen
World 20:07 15/09/2025For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK and Ireland.
Hanoi’s rivers, lakes riddled with pollution
Vietnam News 16:48 05/12/2024Untreated domestic wastewater flows unchecked into Truc Bach Lake
Two children drown while collecting scrap from lake in south-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:37 23/09/2021The children were 7 and 13 years old
Three children drown in lake while playing with friends in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:06 05/09/2021They were playing near a lake in Quang Tri Province on Saturday when they tripped and fell into the water
Siblings drown after lake overflows in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:25 27/08/2021Heavy downpours caused the lake water to rise and flood the road
Motorcyclist drowns in lake due to tidal flooding in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 16:12 02/10/2019The victim apparently failed to tell the difference between the road and the lake as the area had already been inundated by high tide
Major lake in central Vietnam dries up, besetting locals
Vietnam News 17:03 02/04/2018Deep wells are dug to alleviate the serious water shortage
Senior Vietnamese citizen shoos tourist from floating dock
Vietnam News 09:39 25/01/2018The foreigner was unaware that there was an entrance fee attached to the woman’s private jetty
Hanoi restarts construction of information center for iconic lake
Travel 16:04 11/11/2014Authorities in Hanoi have resumed constructing an information and culture center, intended to provide tourists with information about the capital’s iconic Guom (Sword) Lake and the old town nearby, after four years of suspension
The dying art of embalming tea with lotus scent in Vietnam’s capital
Travel 20:10 11/09/2014Few artisans in Hanoi now practice the art of embalming tea with the capital city’s hallmark lotuses
‘Outdoor’ toilets an unsightly grievance, health threat in Vietnam hub
Vietnam News 17:43 31/08/2014Open, makeshift toilets, still a common sight in Ho Chi Minh City’s suburban districts, are a stark contrast to the southern hub’s modernity and growth
Giant Rubber Duck to make waves in Phu My Hung lake on Vietnam tour
Travel 10:58 26/04/2014The giant Rubber Duck, the work of internationally-acclaimed Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, will show up at foreigner-packed Phu My Hung residential area in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.
