Taiwanese-owned monosodium glutamate maker, Vedan, has agreed to pay more than 119 billion VND in compensation to farmers in two districts of the southeastern province of Dong Nai affected by pollution caused by Vedan.
According to the document sent by Vedan General Director Yang Kun Hsiang to the provincial People’s Committee on August 11, Vedan proposed to transfer 50 percent of its compensation to affected farmers in four communes of Long Thanh and Nhon Trach districts within seven days as of August 11 and the rest from Jan. 10-14, 2011.
Vedan has also agreed to pay 45.7 billion VND to affected farmers in HCM City and 53.6 billion VND to those in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
Also on August 11, the provincial lawyers’ delegations continued offering legal help to affected farmers in the two districts in filing their suits against Vedan. More than 1,200 documents on the issue have been sent to the court.
In September 2008, Vedan was caught discharging untreated waste water into the Thi Vai river by environment police and inspectors, who estimated that 100,000 cu. m of untreated waste water had been dumped directly into the river a month, starting in 1994 when Vedan began operating.
Research by the Institute of Environment and Natural Resources of HCM City National University found Vedan’s waste water had polluted 80-90 percent of water in the Thi Vai river which runs nearly 80 km through HCM City, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces.
Up to 2,700 ha of fish farms along the banks of the river had been affected badly, including 2,100 ha in Dong Nai and the remaining 600 ha in HCM City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, the institute said./.
According to the document sent by Vedan General Director Yang Kun Hsiang to the provincial People’s Committee on August 11, Vedan proposed to transfer 50 percent of its compensation to affected farmers in four communes of Long Thanh and Nhon Trach districts within seven days as of August 11 and the rest from Jan. 10-14, 2011.
Vedan has also agreed to pay 45.7 billion VND to affected farmers in HCM City and 53.6 billion VND to those in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
Also on August 11, the provincial lawyers’ delegations continued offering legal help to affected farmers in the two districts in filing their suits against Vedan. More than 1,200 documents on the issue have been sent to the court.
In September 2008, Vedan was caught discharging untreated waste water into the Thi Vai river by environment police and inspectors, who estimated that 100,000 cu. m of untreated waste water had been dumped directly into the river a month, starting in 1994 when Vedan began operating.
Research by the Institute of Environment and Natural Resources of HCM City National University found Vedan’s waste water had polluted 80-90 percent of water in the Thi Vai river which runs nearly 80 km through HCM City, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces.
Up to 2,700 ha of fish farms along the banks of the river had been affected badly, including 2,100 ha in Dong Nai and the remaining 600 ha in HCM City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, the institute said./.
