Quang Tri finishes phase one of compensation for environmental victims
The central province of Quang Tri on November 30 finished phase one of distributing Formosa Ha Tinh’s compensation to coastal residents for the mass fish deaths the company caused earlier this year.
Residents in Vinh Moc hamlet of Quang Tri receive compensation (Photo: VNA)
Quang Tri (VNA) – Thecentral province of Quang Tri on November 30 finished phase one of distributingFormosa Ha Tinh’s compensation to coastal residents for the mass fish deathsthe company caused earlier this year.
In phase one, Quang Tri providedmore than 202 billion VND (8.9 million USD) for Vinh Linh, Gio Linh, Trieu Phongand Hai Lang districts to distribute compensation.
The money was given to 1,979 boatowners and 1,579 crew members in 14 coastal communes and towns.
Local recipients said they willspend the money to buy fishing tools, upgrade boats, and invest in cultivationand livestock farming.
QuangTri has more than 8,000 households with nearly 45,000 people and over 2,800boats from the four districts severely affected by the mass fish deaths.
In late June, Taiwan-invested Hung NghiepFormosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company admitted responsibility for the incident,which affected the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri andThuaThien-Hue. It pledged 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,Quang Binh got 1.1 trillion VND (48.5 million USD); Ha Tinh, one trillion VND(44.1 million USD); Quang Tri, 500 billion VND (22 million USD), andThuaThien-Hue, 400 billion VND (17.6 million USD).-VNA
Ministry officials discussed offering supplementary assistance to victims in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, who have been hit by Formosa-caused sea environmental incident.
The environment ministry has reported the results of an investigation into Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company’s efforts to tackle the environmental incident it caused in four central provinces.
Vinh Linh district is the first localities in the central province of Quang Tri to distribute compensation to residents affected by the mass fish deaths earlier this year.
The sea in the central region, which was earlier polluted by toxic wastewater released by a Taiwanese-owned steel company, is now safe for tourism and aquaculture.
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Residents in Vinh Moc hamlet of Quang Tri receive compensation (Photo: VNA) 
