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Vietnam orders compensation for Formosa toxic spill to be paid by June
Vietnam orders compensation for Formosa toxic spill to be paid by June
16/3/17
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| Toxic from Formosa company had cause mass fish death in the coastal provinces in the central Vietnam |
The country is still recovering from what is considered one of the worst environmental disasters in its history.
The Vietnamese government has called on authorities to complete
compensation payments for all fish farmers in the country's central
provinces affected by the toxic disaster caused by Taiwanese steel firm
Formosa last year.
The executive order, issued at a recent meeting chaired by Deputy Prime
Minister Truong Hoa Binh, stated that the provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang
Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue should complete payments in the next
three months.
Various ministries and the government office have also been urged to
send inspection teams to check and assist the compensation process.
Vietnam is still tying up the loose ends of what was considered one of
the worst environmental disasters in the country's history, almost a
year after the event.
Last month, Vietnam publicly named 11 government, provincial and industry officials responsible for the incident.
It named ex-environment minister Nguyen Minh Quang, former vice
minister Bui Cach Tuyen and former chief of Ha Tinh's provincial
Communist Party unit Vo Kim Cu, along with eight other officials, saying
they should be disciplined or face review.
Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, which runs an $11 billion steel plant, polluted
more than 200km (125 miles) of coastline in April 2016, killing more
than 100 tons of fish and devastating the environment, jobs and
economies in four provinces. The Taiwanese company admitted to having
discharged untreated waste into the sea, and agreed last June to pay
$500 million in compensation.
The environment ministry said that the affected region is expected to
take a decade to completely recover from the incident, while experts
predict that the disaster may set Vietnam’s economy back for years to
come.
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All comments [ 10 ]
The livelihoods of people in these provinces have been lost due to the disaster
In early April, waste water from the Vietnamese unit of Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group killed tons of fish along some 200 kilometers of Vietnam’s central coastline.
Formosa took full responsibility in late June and since has paid $500 million to the government as compensation.
Fishermen, salt farmers, seafood traders and tourist service providers are recompensed
Vietnam has quickly found out the reason of the disaster and given strict measures to fix the consequence.
The measures of Vietnamese government to settle this disaster are suitable,
The measures are very strict to the Formosa and other organizations and people that related to the toxic spill
fishermen in Ha Tinh should not listen to "bad people" who are inciting violence and having a negative impact on social order
Those "bad people" are taking advantages of the State and Government policies of democracy to cause social disorder in Vietnam
Vietnam never trade our the environment for industrial projects like the Formorsa Ha Tinh steel company
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