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Thua Thien – Hue pays second-batch Formosa compensation to fishermen

The People’s Committee of Thua Thien – Hue province will distribute 200 bln VND (8.8 million USD) in second advanced compensation to households affected by the Formosa marine environmental incident.
Thua Thien – Hue pays second-batch Formosa compensation to fishermen ảnh 1A person from Thach Trung commune, Ha Tinh province receives compensation. (Source: VNA)

Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – ThePeople’s Committee of central Thua Thien – Hue province will distribute 200billion VND (8.8 million USD) in second advanced compensation to householdsaffected by the Formosa marine environmental incident.

Phong Dien district will receive morethan 24 billion VND (one million USD), Quang Dien nearly 14 billion VND(616,000 USD), Phu Vang over 68.5 billion VND (over 3 million USD), Phu Loc73.6 billion VND (3.23 million USD), and Huong Tra town over 19.7 billion VND(866,800 USD).

The Committee requested the fivelocalities ensure the progress of the second batch payment of compensation.

So far, 18,114 out of 19,000 affectedhouseholds have received compensation worth a total of nearly 322 billion VND(14.17 million USD), accounting for over 80 percent of the total compensationof 400 billion VND (17.6 million USD) in the first phase.

Phong Dien district distributednearly 29 billion VND (1.27 million USD) for 2,046 beneficiaries, Quang Diendistrict paid over 25 billion VND (1.1 million USD) to 1,329 people, Phu Vangdistrict over 129 billion VND (5.67 million USD) for 6,156 people, and HuongTra town over 19 billion VND (836,000 USD) for 1,552 people.

According to Deputy Director of theprovincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Dinh Duc,most beneficiaries used their first-batch compensation to upgrade or buyfishing tools.

In lateJune 2016, Taiwan-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Companyadmitted responsibility for the environmental incident, which affected thecentral provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. Itpledged 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD) in compensation.

The Ministry of Finance transferred 3 trillionVND (134 million USD) to the localities in the initial phase. Of the amount,Thua Thien-Hue got 400 billion VND (17.6 million USD), Quang Binh 1.1 trillionVND (48.5 million USD), Ha Tinh one trillion VND (44.1 million USD), and QuangTri 500 billion VND (22 million USD).-VNA
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