Quang Tri to finish sea environmental incident compensation in January
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri Ha Sy Dong has asked localities across the province to finish compensation for victims of the 2016 sea environmental incident in January 2018.
Local residents in Vinh Moc village, Vinh Thach commune, Vinh Linh district of Quang Tri receive compensation (Photo: VNA)
Quang Tri (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee ofthe central province of Quang Tri Ha Sy Dong has asked localities across theprovince to finish compensation for victims of the 2016 sea environmentalincident in January 2018.
So far, Quang Tri has allocated 1.019 trillion VND to localities ascompensation, 913 billion VND of which has been delivered to the affected.
Dong stressed that the payment must be made in a transparent way.
Quang Tri has sent inter-sectoral working groups to localities to makesurvey on seafood inventories after the incident, and gathered proposals oflocal households in dealing with the stockpile.
The seaenvironmental incident happened in April 2016 and caused serious damage to theenvironment and living conditions of coastal residents in four provinces of HaTinh, Quang Binh Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue.
The Taiwanese HungNghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation claimed responsibility for thedisaster, admitting that it had released toxic wastewater into the sea alongthese provinces.
It pledged to compensate more than 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD)to support local fishermen and recover the polluted marine environment
So far, Quang Tri has focused on recovering locals’ livelihood bydeveloping cultivation and breeding models in 16 coastal localities.
Fishing and fish farming in Quang Tri have also revived strongly. In2017, the province’s offshore catch reached nearly 24,000 tonnes, up 8,240tonnes from 2016. Meanwhile, its aquaculture production hit over 7,800 tonnes,a rise of 10 percent year on year.-VNA
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Nearly two years after the 2016 Formosa toxic spill, fishermen in the coastal province of Quang Tri are slowly returning to the sea or finding alternative livelihoods.
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Local residents in Vinh Moc village, Vinh Thach commune, Vinh Linh district of Quang Tri receive compensation (Photo: VNA) 
