Central region strives for marine incident compensation end by June

The Government has tasked authorities of four central provinces, where mass fish deaths took place last year, with completing compensation for affected people by the end of June.
Central region strives for marine incident compensation end by June ảnh 1People from Thach Trung commune, Ha Tinh province, receives compensation. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Government has tasked authorities of four centralprovinces, where mass fish deaths took place last year, with completingcompensation for affected people by the end of June.

Theassignment was delivered by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh atthe sixth meeting of the State committee in charge of overcoming theenvironmental incident’s aftermath in the four provinces - Ha Tinh, Quang Binh,Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. 

Hesaid these localities, particularly Ha Tinh, must focus on finishing thedisbursement of the total sum they received for March, without asking to add morenames to their initial beneficiaries list.

Inlate June 2016, Taiwan-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel LimitedCompany admitted responsibility for the mass fish deaths in the central region.It pledged 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD) in compensation.

TheMinistry of Finance transferred 3 trillion VND (134 million USD) to thelocalities in the initial phase. Of the amount, Thua Thien-Hue got 400 billionVND (17.6 million USD), Quang Binh 1.1 trillion VND (48.5 million USD), Ha Tinhone trillion VND (44.1 million USD), and Quang Tri 500 billion VND (22 millionUSD).

ByMarch 6, the localities had disbursed almost 3.6 trillion VND, or 76.8 percentof the total, as damages for the targeted households. -VNA
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