(With Asia bureaus) Thanh Hoa (Vietnam) (AFP) – A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia. AFP/File / Nhac NGUYEN. A mangrove forest in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa […]
Jenny Vaughan
Jenny Vaughan is AFP Vietnam bureau chief based in Hanoi, via Hong Kong, Washington, Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda.
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