Taiwan’s Header Plan Company has been fined USD9,180
for polluting a canal in southern Viet Nam. The local government of Dong Nai province
has imposed a fine of 205 million (USD9,180) on Taiwanese-invested Header Plan
Company for discharging contaminated wastewater into the Moi canal which flows
into the Dong Nai river. The Taiwanese firm, which focuses on producing
mechanical parts, has been asked to clean up the pollution before the end of
this month, local media reported. The fine was announced after the provincial
Department of Natural Resources and Environment stepped into to investigate the
wastewater discharged by Header Plan, following complaints lodged by locals
living near the company’s factory. The department found that the wastewater
released by Header Plan Co. had pollutants exceeding the allowable levels by
two to five times. Header Plan is the latest wholly Taiwanese-invested company
to be fined for polluting the surroundings.
Viet Phuoc Agricultural Produce
Co., Ltd. Located in Binh Phuoc province in July was fined USD18,000 for
throwing hundreds of dead pigs into the environment, near the upstream of the
Saigon river. The most notorious case was Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company, whose
steel mill discharged toxins into the sea that caused an environmental disaster
in four Vietnamese central coastal province. The firm had to pay USD500 million
in compensation to make up for the damage that caused thousands of fishermen to
lose their jobs.
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