In Photos: Plastic waste pollutes Mekong basin in Vietnam

Plastic bags hang from the branches of mangrove trees lining a tributary of the Mekong River in the southern Vietnamese province of Soc Trang on Aug. 23, 2018. (Mainichi)

Garbage, including dumped plastic products, piles up on the shore of a tributary of the Mekong River in the southern Vietnamese province of Soc Trang on Aug. 22, 2018. (Mainichi)

Workers at a fishing port in the southern Vietnamese province of Soc Trang throw away waste on Aug. 22, 2018, into a tributary of the Mekong River with one exception, plastic bottles, as they can make money recycling them. (Mainichi)

Plastic waste was part of the catch during dragnet fishing in a Mekong River tributary in the southern Vietnamese province of Soc Trang on Aug. 23, 2018. (Mainichi)

Plastic waste was part of the catch during dragnet fishing in a Mekong River tributary in the southern Vietnamese province of Soc Trang on Aug. 22, 2018. (Mainichi)