Vietnam faces a devastating blow as 20 million lobsters die.

Disaster strikes, lobsters "suffocate" and die in large numbers In mid-November, continuous heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in the provinces of Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Quang Binh, and Phu Yen. The freshwater carried by the floodwaters poured into coastal bays, causing a sudden drop in seawater salinity, leading to the large-scale death of densely farmed lobsters due to "lack of oxygen" and "freshwater poisoning." Duan Wenguang, head of the Song Jiufang Cooperative, said helplessly, "This time the loss is over 99%, my family alone lost an investment of 400 million Vietnamese dong. The lobsters that were originally planned to be harvested for the Spring Festival cannot be saved at all." Lobsters, which were previously priced at around 1.1 million Vietnamese dong per kilogram, are now being sold cheaply at 40,000 to 70,000 Vietnamese dong per kilogram, with some large-sized lobsters selling for only one-tenth of their original price. Due to the damage to their quality, Chinese ...