Central region strives for marine incident compensation end by June
The Government has tasked authorities of four central provinces, where mass fish deaths took place last year, with completing compensation for affected people by the end of June.
People from Thach Trung commune, Ha Tinh province, receives compensation. (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Government has tasked authorities of four centralprovinces, where mass fish deaths took place last year, with completingcompensation for affected people by the end of June.
Theassignment was delivered by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh atthe sixth meeting of the State committee in charge of overcoming theenvironmental incident’s aftermath in the four provinces - Ha Tinh, Quang Binh,Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
Hesaid these localities, particularly Ha Tinh, must focus on finishing thedisbursement of the total sum they received for March, without asking to add morenames to their initial beneficiaries list.
Inlate June 2016, Taiwan-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel LimitedCompany admitted responsibility for the mass fish deaths in the central region.It pledged 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD) in compensation.
TheMinistry of Finance transferred 3 trillion VND (134 million USD) to thelocalities in the initial phase. Of the amount, Thua Thien-Hue got 400 billionVND (17.6 million USD), Quang Binh 1.1 trillion VND (48.5 million USD), Ha Tinhone trillion VND (44.1 million USD), and Quang Tri 500 billion VND (22 millionUSD).
ByMarch 6, the localities had disbursed almost 3.6 trillion VND, or 76.8 percentof the total, as damages for the targeted households. -VNA
The red streak that appeared in the waters around the Vung Ang economic zone in the central province of Ha Tinh – the same area still reeling from the consequences of the Formosa toxic spill – was confirmed to have been caused by algal bloom.
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.
The central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue have disbursed 3.33 trillion VND out of 4.68 trillion VND advanced by the government following the marine environment incident.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested the establishment of four inspection teams to examine the compensation for residents who were affected by the marine environment incident.
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People from Thach Trung commune, Ha Tinh province, receives compensation. (Source: VNA) 
