The administration and residents of Quy Nhon City in central Binh Dinh Province have been collecting oil from a spill that appeared in Quy Nhon seaport last Sunday.
The spill from an unidentified source has spread over about 4ha, causing thousands of fish raised in pens died in coastal Hai Minh hamlet with initial losses reported to be over VND100 million (US$4,760).
Young people helped collect more than 3,000 packs of oil polluted sand along 7km of beach front.
Local authorities are trying to identify the source of the spill.