The Prime Minister has signed decisions to apply disciplinary measures on four former leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the central province of Ha Tinh, whose violations are linked to the serious environmental incident caused by Formosa Ha Tinh in the four central localities.
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 quality of the marine environment in the central region becomes stable, meeting safety requirements for aquaculture, tourism and conservation of aquatic animals and plants.
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.
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Al Jazeera TV channel have provided inaccurate information with a lack of objectivity and goodwill about the human rights situation in Vietnam, especially freedom of speech and freedom of internet.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged four localities affected by marine environmental incident last year to accelerate the disbursement of compensation and complete the process by June 30.
Authorities of Nghe An province have provided to the press detailed information on the May 15 arrest of Hoang Duc Binh, born 1983, and incidents related to Binh.
More than one year since the maritime environmental incident ravaged four central provinces, information about the results of investigations into Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh, has been made public while the supervision over activities of the violator has been carried out strictly.
Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has urged the four central coastal localities affected by the recent environmental incident to thoroughly complete compensation by June 30 this year.
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.
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee will ask the National Assembly to consider the deputy title of Vo Kim Cu given his wrongdoings in the Formosa marine environmental incident.
The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat met on April 18 and 21 to consider disciplinary measures against certain Party organisations and Party members at the proposal of the Central Inspection Commission.
Despite it only being the beginning of the travel season, the central province of Quang Binh has welcomed numerous tourists, showing signs of recovery from last year’s Formosa-caused sea environmental incident.
Most fishermen in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have effectively used their compensation from last year’s Formosa-caused marine environmental incident.
Fishermen in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have made efforts to recover production and resume to normal life after one year of sea environmental incident caused by Formosa.
Residents and fishermen in Thua Thien-Hue affected by the environmental incident in 2016 have made effective use of compensation from the Taiwan-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation.
The seafood market in the central province of Quang Binh has heated up again after the sea was declared to become safe following the environmental incident caused by Formosa one year ago.
The Investigation Policy Agency of Ha Tinh on April 12 decided to prosecute a criminal case of “public order disruption” and “unlawful seizure” that took place on April 3 in Loc Ha district’s Thach Bang commune.
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