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Vedan accepts 100% compensation for peasants
VGP – Vedan Việt Nam agreed on 100% compensation, worth of VND 99.3 billion for 7,000 peasants in Cần Giờ District, Hồ Chí Minh City (HCMC) and in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.
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Leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment inspects the mitigation of environmental pollution caused by Vedan – Photo: VGP |
The above money was calculated by the Institute for Environment and Natural Resources, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), as the Taiwan-based company, for years, discharged untreated sewage into the Thị Vải River.
Đồng Nai, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, and HCMC are the three Southern localities affected by Vedan’s sewage discharge.
Earlier, Vedan tried to repudiate compensation for the peasants who then launched a suit against the case.
Peasants in Đồng Nai Province have not been compensated as they have to wait for official calculation from the Institute for Environment and Natural Resources.
On August 13, Vedan and local government representatives of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu and HCMC will sign the agreement on compensation and the Taiwanese enterprise will transfer 50% of the money in advance for the two localities.
In fact, the peasants gave room for Vedan to exercise its will though the company seriously infringed Việt Nam’s environmental regulations.
As one of the most vulnerable countries to the global climate change, Việt Nam is on way to tighten environment control.
By Hải Minh