Fish farmers in Vietnam’s southern town of Vung Tau laid out dead fish during a street protest on Thursday morning, demanding compensation from seafood processors for polluting the water.

The farmers claimed that farmed fish along the Cha Va River have been dying in mass amount over the past two days, and the river has turned black with a foul smell.

The claims are similar to last September’s mass fish deaths in the region, when tons of fish died and caused farmers a loss of nearly $US800,000.

Nguyen Thanh Tinh, the provincial chairman, said the province is carrying out an investigation on the matter and will announce the results this week.

– TiVi Tuan-san