
Quang Tri (VNA) – The centralprovince of Quang Tri is working to complete the distribution of a compensationbatch for local victims of last year’s marine environment incident within June.
So far Quang Tri authorities have allocatedto local administrations more than 679 billion VND (29.87 million USD) for thecompensation.
To date, over 618 billion VND (27.19million USD) of the sum have been disbursed.
Nguyen Duc Chinh, Chairman of the Quang TriPeople’s Committee, urged local agencies of different levels to speed up theprogress for completion on June 30.
Fishery activities and tourism across 16coastal communes in the four districts of Vinh Linh, Gio Linh, Trieu Phong andHai Lang have so far recorded good recovery.
Four central coastal provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri andThua Thien-Hue were affected by a marine environment incident that caused massfish deaths last year. The pollution affected more than 260,000people who earn their living from the sea.
In late June 2016, Taiwanese-invested HungNghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company admitted responsibility for the incidentand pledged 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD) in compensation.-VNA