Viet Nam Human Rights
Policy targets fishermen in four central provinces
5/8/16
The Government is working on a master policy
package to help people in the four central provinces affected by the
environmental incident stabilize their lives and recover production, Deputy
Prime Minister (PM) Vuong Dinh Hue said at a meeting with voters in central Ha
Tinh province on August 4.
“The Government pursues a long-term,
synchronous and specific policy, thus it has instructed provinces to provide
full statistics and investigations of the total damage,” the Deputy PM said.
Beneficiaries are individuals, organizations
and households that are involved in fishery activities, salt production or
provide tourism services hit hard by the environmental incident in central
coastal communes.
The policy package aims to revive fishery
resources as well as in habitation of marine fish species, loan local residents
to recover production, support vocational training, create jobs and medical
insurance for local people, the Deputy PM said.
“Policies will also be made to provide credit
for building new fishing vessels,” Hue said.
“Specific orientations are being discussed,
conveying opinions from provincial authorities to ensure that those in need
will receive what they really need.”
The mass fish deaths along beaches in the
central region, including Ha Tinh, in early April, were found to be the result
of flawed waste and wastewater treatment of Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel
Limited Company.
Formosa accepted responsibility for the
incident and promised a total compensation of VND 11.5 trillion
(USD500 million) to support local fishermen to switch to other jobs and recover
the polluted maritime environment.
On July 1, Ha Tinh established a provincial
council and missions at all levels to assess the damage caused to the province
by the environmental crisis.
Initial statistics showed that Ha Tinh’s total
seafood output in the first six months of this year was down 16,000 tons year
on year.
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Vietnamese state authorities are now seeking to further protect their fishermen
The decree gives great encouragement to fishermen to go offshore.
These policies will help fishermen feel confident for fishing in the high seas, thus helping develop the economy and ensure the country’s sovereignty over its waters and islands.
sea product processing units and fishermen and other owners of properties and infrastructure damaged by natural disasters will receive varying levels of support from different areas’ people’s committees.
Awareness of marine products with their origin from Vietnam should be raised and concretised by measures taken to build the brand names of domestic producers
Fishermen now need support from all community of Vietnam to stablize their life and develop economic activities.
Deep-water ports and coastal economic zones play an important role as a motive forces boosting the development of the country’s marine economy and helping protect the nation’s sovereignty over its sea and islands areas.
Beside policies from the Government of Vietnam, fishermen in four province also need real help from all of people in Vietnam
the State should soon issue policies on encouraging investment in the country’s marine economy and mobilising foreign resources for the projects, especially from world conglomerates
I really believe in leading and conducting every aspects of vietnam's economy.
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