Farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai have accepted pollutioncompensation worth nearly 120 billion VND (roughly 6.3 million USD)offered by the polluter, the Taiwanese-owned monosodium glutamate maker,Vedan.
In a press briefing on September 7, both sides reached an agreement onVedan’s transfer of its compensation to affected farmers in Long Thanhand Nhon Trach districts.
They also consented that they will sign documents relating to the transfer and receipt of Vedan’s compensation on September 10.
Previouslyon August 9, Vedan agreed to fully compensate farmers affected by itspollution in Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, with 45.7billion VND for those in HCM City and 53.6 billion VND for thosein Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
In September 2008, Vedan was caughtdischarging untreated waste water into the Thi Vai river by environmentpolice and inspectors, who estimated that 100,000 cu. m of untreatedwaste water had been dumped directly into the river a month, startingsince 1994 when Vedan began operating.
Research bythe Institute of Environment and Natural Resources of HCM CityNational University found Vedan’s waste water had polluted 80-90 percentof water in the Thi Vai river, which runs nearly 80 km through HCMCity , Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces.
Upto 2,700 ha of fish farms along the banks of the river had been affectedbadly, including 2,100 ha in Dong Nai and the remaining 600 ha in HCMCity and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, according to the institute./.
In a press briefing on September 7, both sides reached an agreement onVedan’s transfer of its compensation to affected farmers in Long Thanhand Nhon Trach districts.
They also consented that they will sign documents relating to the transfer and receipt of Vedan’s compensation on September 10.
Previouslyon August 9, Vedan agreed to fully compensate farmers affected by itspollution in Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, with 45.7billion VND for those in HCM City and 53.6 billion VND for thosein Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
In September 2008, Vedan was caughtdischarging untreated waste water into the Thi Vai river by environmentpolice and inspectors, who estimated that 100,000 cu. m of untreatedwaste water had been dumped directly into the river a month, startingsince 1994 when Vedan began operating.
Research bythe Institute of Environment and Natural Resources of HCM CityNational University found Vedan’s waste water had polluted 80-90 percentof water in the Thi Vai river, which runs nearly 80 km through HCMCity , Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces.
Upto 2,700 ha of fish farms along the banks of the river had been affectedbadly, including 2,100 ha in Dong Nai and the remaining 600 ha in HCMCity and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, according to the institute./.
