Compensation for households affected by the marine incident that occurred in the central coastal provinces last year must be completed by the late November, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has inspected the waste treatment area and production line of Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company (FHS) in Ha Tinh province, asking the firm must consider the environmental matter to be a vital factor to the implementation of its large-scale steel project.
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has asked four central provinces to maintain strict supervision on waste discharges from the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company.
Compensation for residents affected by last year’s marine environmental incident in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue has been mostly completed.
A test run of the first blast furnace of Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company must undergo strict supervision after the firm restarted its operations on May 29, said an official.
Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company in the central province of Ha Tinh has completed 52 out of 53 environmetal protection tasks required of it after violating regulations on environmental protection, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has to date distributed 22 million USD of compensation money to 18,162 locals who were affected by the Formosa marine environmental incident last April.
Legislators expressed their concern over environmental pollution in the central region during the July 29 working day of the 14 th National Assembly’s first session.
More policies have been proposed to restore the environment in four central provinces affected by the recent environmental crisis and help local fishermen to change their livelihood.
The four central coastal provinces which have been affected by the recent mass fish deaths have been employing multiple drastic solutions to help locals stabilise their lives.
Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company has admitted responsibility for a spate of mass fish deaths in four central coastal provinces of Vietnam, said Mai Tien Dung, Minister-Chairman of the
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