Textile firm investigated for pollutionVietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Environment Administration (VEA) will collaborate with the Hai Duong Department of Environment to tackle the “environmental incident” recently caused by a Chinese textile company, said Luong Duy Hanh, director of the VEA’s Environment Protection and Control Department on Monday. The Pacific Crystal Textile Company, located in the Lai Vu industrial park in Hai Duong Province, was fined VND672 million (US$29,372) last week for violating regulations on wastewater treatment. According to Hanh, the Pacific Crystal company was not a target of inspection of the VEA’s 2016 environmental inspection plan. Pacific Crystal began operations at its $425 million plant in December 2015. The VEA had warned these companies about environmental pollution risks that might sprout from their textile dyeing processes, he said.

Source: VietNamNet News February 15, 2017 07:51 UTC