Red alert against alien farmingAn alarm is sounded these days when the threat of an alien creature farmed in the Mekong Delta that may do harm to local agriculture makes headlines in local media. A crawfishThe alien creature is the red swamp crayfish, but is commonly referred to by locals as the red lobster due to the resemblance between the two. The emergence of the crayfish renders a red alert, not only because of the possible damage the creature can cause to local farming, but also because numerous lessons in the past have not been learned. However, late last year, local people accidentally saw the red creature in the lotus farm. The creature, as mentioned early on, was then identified as red swamp crayfish, an alien creature still banned from rearing in the country.

Source: VietNamNet News February 11, 2017 16:41 UTC