Locals go through procedures to receive compensation payment for environmental incident in Ha Tinh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) – The central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and ThuaThien-Hue as of February 18 disbursed 3.33 trillion VND (143.4 million USD) outof 4.68 trillion VND (203.4 million USD) advanced by the government followingthe marine environment incident in early April.
According to theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Quang Binh disbursed the largestamount, reaching 75-76 percent.
Minister ofAgriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong directed the Directorate ofFisheries (DoF) to examine compensation payment in the localities and work withthe Ministries of Health, and Industry and Trade to handle unsafe seafood.
As many as 839tonnes out of 966 tonnes of unsafe seafood have been destroyed.
According to theDoF, the country caught 389,000 tonnes of fisheries in the first two months ofthis year, up 1.5 percent year-on-year. The aquaculture production reached463,000 tonnes, marking a 1.2 percent increase.
The ministry plansto maintain 700,000 – 800,000ha of shrimp and take intensive and extensivefarming measures in the near future.
Vu Duyen Hai,deputy head of the DoF’s Science-Technology and International CooperationDepartment, said the DoF will soon devise a national action plan on developingVietnam’s shrimp sector to submit to the government for approval in March.
The directoratewill also ensure sufficient supply of quality tra fries.-VNA
VNA
