Unlawful gold mining still rife in northern province

Illegal gold mining has scarred the landscape, causing landslides and polluting water used for local agricultural production.
"We all know that what we are doing is illegal, dangerous, and causes environmental pollution, but we have no other choice because we don't make enough money from growing rice to live on," Vi Thi Lun, a local resident, told VOV.
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