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Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam’s ancient tradition of making fish sauce

Climate_Vietnam_Fish_Sauce_46530DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — Bui Van Phong faced a choice when the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago: Stay in his small village, helping his parents carry on the family’s centuries-old tradition of making fish sauce, or join the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing his country for a better life.